[wyliepoon]

My photos from my trip on Saturday to Hamilton for its Doors Open 2007...

Inside the Hamilton GO Centre (former Hamilton TH&B station)

Old Coca Cola ad uncovered during the demolition of an adjacent building

St. Paul's Presbyterian Church

James Street Baptist Church

Views from the rooftop studio/balcony at the Hamilton Conservatory for the Arts

McNab Street Presbyterian Church

Whitehern Historic House

Hamilton Community Energy plant

Lt.-Col. John Weir Foote, VC, CD, Armoury (Hamilton Armoury)

Christ Church Cathedral

 

[CDL.TO]

Thanks for the pics, Wylie. Hamilton is just so underrated. Some great pics of the source of my avatar.

Now look at this. A nice, urban railway station surrounded by the city with great intermodality... now if there was only a train every half hour rather than 4 round-trips a day. A classic case of "if this was Europe we'd have...".

 

[ganjavih]

Great tour, wylie. I'll always have a soft spot for Hamilton. Love that Pigott Building and the GO station.

Where are these beauties found?
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v313/wyliepoon/hamilton/P1060934.jpg

 

[wyliepoon]

^McNab and Duke Street, SW corner. There's a historic plaque on one wall, but I didn't read it.

 

[Observer Walt]

Great photos of my hometown Wylie!! Thank you. You did a good tour of the downtown core area in one day and hit many of the highlights.

"if this was Europe we'd have..."

True, CDL. But the problem with GO, as noted on this forum before, is that GO doesn't own the railway tracks. The Lakeshore line is mostly owned by CN, and the last stretch into downtown Hamilton is owned by CP (formerly TH&B). Neither of these entities is particularly concerned about GO, especially if there is a revenue-generating freight train to be moved.

 

[ShonTron]

Doors Open Hamilton competed with the Jane's Walks here in Toronto. I might have gone otherwise. Thanks for the pics.

The Hamilton TH&B station is such a beauty.

If this were Europe, the railways would have been nationalized and the passenger trains given priority. GO is adding extra track capacity, so there will likely be all-day service to Aldershot (better access at least to Hamilton, faster bus ride) and a few more trains to Hamilton. Not much though.

 

[interchange42]

I was up photographing trilliums in Bruce County woods this weekend - your pics made me wish I could do it all Wylie. It's been a while since I've been to the railway station there, and you've really made me want to go back again. The exterior of the armoury too - Wow! I'll have to do next year's Door Open Hamilton...

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[Urban Shocker]

Poor Victor looks a bit under the weather, doesn't he possums? The big stag's head looks healthier; I'd love to get one for my place, but they're becoming increasingly difficult to find.

Love that plastic topiary at the Chateau Royale. The four pink urns containing the remains of workmen who died during construction are also a nice touch.

 

[flar]

Great pics Wylie!

 

[Hydrogen]

Thanks for the images.


Victor needs to be watered.

 

[Long Island Mike]

Wylie: Great Hamilton tour! I remember well the TH&B station and DT HML. It does not get much better than this! LI MIKE

 

[Bogtrotter]

A lot of nice old architecture in that city, and some fantastic homes just north along the escarpment. All my time there I never checked out Whitehern despite living just a couple of blocks away on Charlton. Cool to see the inside-but was there really something special about that toilet?

Thanks for the tour.