downtown | CEKAN

Dev Team
11 Feb 2015

The Gowlings Building, the story of an urban icon

Hamilton roared with ambition in the 1920s. It was a decade defined by a booming postwar economy that rose to fulfill the wants and needs of a growing consumer class. Arts, culture and commerce all fl...

Dev Team
11 Feb 2015

City Building | December 2012

Sometimes the best approach to city building is just to steal good ideas. During last summer’s International Downtowns Summit in Hamilton, I spoke on a panel with Brian Payne, CEO of the Indianapoli...

Dev Team
17 Nov 2014

The History and Hope for Hess Village

Hess Village is a bit of a bag of mixed nuts. The style of establishments varies as much as the people who visit. There are late-night clubs, rock n’ roll stages, a wine bar, a classy Italian eatery...

Dev Team
13 Nov 2014

The New Cool | Changing demographics of the core

Kathy Tally (56) just gave her 26-year-old son, who lives at home, his two years notice. She has been a good mother, paid for and maintained a home for her children, and been a diligent employee worki...

Dev Team
25 Sep 2014

All the Buzz on LRT

There’s no question, the main issue in this race is transit. Every day, someone has something new to say on the topic–new evidence concerning the “truth” of LRT, or new accusat...

Dev Team
24 Sep 2014

The Good and the Bad about the Higgins LRT report

According to a recent McMaster study on LRT, there are 6 prerequisites for a successful LRT system. The problem? Hamilton only meets 3 of them. The McMaster study is a mouthful: Light Rail, Land Use C...

Dev Team
22 Sep 2014

The Timekeeper – urbanicity Docs

John Scott is the owner and manager of Scotiabell Inc. operated out of Waterdown, and has been maintaining the Downtown City Centre clock tower for 12 or more years. In late-summer, Producer Scott Sum...

Dev Team
28 Aug 2014

Gore Park Promenade | Closing 2014, preparing for 2015

In its forth year, the Gore Park Promenade continues to see huge growth–growth that is both motivating major changes to the park and area, and preparing the Downtown Hamilton BIA (business impro...

Dev Team
31 Jul 2014

The Jackson Square Rooftop Park

It can be accessed from all four of its surrounding streets: King, James, York and Bay. It sits at the foot of Stelco Tower, the Robert Thompson building, the Sheraton Hotel and the Standard Life buil...

Dev Team
29 Jul 2014

Horse and Train: Classy, comfortable, convenient dining in the AGHj

“Horse and Train”, the famous work by Alex Colville, has been called the Art Gallery of Hamilton’s “Mona Lisa”; the painting people come far and wide to see. So it only made sense for the re...