Monday, May 7, 2007

The Hammer

Hamilton, Ontario


The Pigott Building


Commerce Place West and Stelco Tower




Hamilton Harbour, largest Great Lakes port in Canada


Treble Hall, empty


Looking NW over Durand, a very dense neigbourhood west of downtown


Pedestrians on King St.


Apartments west of city hall


Terra Cotta on the Lister Block, abandoned


Looking North towards Burlington Bay




Behind City Hall


Looking NE towards Lake Ontario and some of Hamilton's famous steel mills


This is part of downtown Dundas, a town within Hamilton


A downtown side street


The Burlington Skyway, connecting Hamilton and Burlington via the Queen Elizabeth Way (QEW expressway)


A view of Hamilton's central business district




This shot was taken from Sam Lawrence Park, on the edge of the Niagara Escarpment (about 400 ft above the city)


In the foreground, an old shcoolhouse




Hess Village, where to go for nightlife in Hamilton


Inside the Standard Life Centre, an office building


Outside the Standard Life Centre


James St. North


Lock St. South, LoSo, the antiques district


The corner of King and James, the busiest area downtown


Another shot of the Pigott Building, converted to condos


more businesses in Hess Village


McDonalds!


Westdale Village, another shopping district in West Hamilton








The Union Gas Building


This lady is illegally feeding pigeons


Looking south over Corktown


Some foursquares in Westdale


One of the bustling markets on James St. North


Looking off a higway bridge toward downtown


People at Jackson Square


Cathedral of Christ the King




Looking east on Main Street


The old Bank of Montreal and St. Peter's Presbyterian


Stelco Tower, actually I think it's now called 100 King W.


John St. with the Royal Connaught Hotel in the background


Looking east over downtown


Detail from the Armoury, a military installation on James St.


The CBD


King St in Dundas, one of Hamilton's suburbs


The Canadian Football Hall of Fame


Another scene from Dundas (I live in Dundas)


North Point Convenience was used in the movie "Four Brothers"


Overpasses on the Chedoke Expressway, Highway 403






Looking east on King St.


BDC Building


King and James, with Gore park in back


Commerce Place East


A monument to Hamilton workers




Hamilton Place and the Ellen Fairclough Building


James and York from above


A statue at the art gallery of Hamilton




The controversial Lister Block can be seen on the corner in the foreground. There has been a fight to save the building, but so far nothing has been done.


Ubiquitous Tim Horton's Donuts


King St Looking east




King William and John


More pedestrians crossing King St.


King St West


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photos by flar @ forum.skyscraperpage.com

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