[flar]

This part of the Hamilton Series goes deep into the vast harbourfront industrial area. Hamilton is known for the steel companies Stelco and Dofasco as well as being the largest Canadian Great Lakes port.

 

[urbandreamer]

Now I know where Alsop got his idea for OCAD's multicolour stilts: Hamilton!

 

[junctionist]

Or possibly from a box of pencil crayons...

 

[adma]

Actually, that multicolour-vertical-stack building is the National Steel Car factory--and from appearances (I've passed it by), it seems to be the result of a recent-years revamp of surprising sophistication. (Wonder who did it; and for that matter, wonder if it's won any design awards...)

 

[flar]

This is what someone wrote when I posted these photos at skyscraperpage.com:

I know the guy who painted those stacks at National Steel Car. The boss gave him freedom to paint it any colour so since the painter is gay viola! rainbow colour stacks lol.

 

[Long Island Mike]

Hamilton: The Pittsburgh of Canada (not)

Flar: Good pics of Hamilton's steel manufacturing industry! I have heard it referred as the Pittsburgh of Canada - but to me it is more in common to the Calumet Industrial District near Chicago-from SE CHI across into Lake County,Indiana-Hammond,Whiting,East Chicago and Gary. HML - even with the hilly "Mountain" part-just does not come close to the mountainous terrain and river plain areas around PGH. I hope it is as it looks-good blue-collar jobs for area workers! LI MIKE

 

[flar]

Pittsburgh of Canada just comes from the central importance of the steel industry. Actually US Steel from Pittsburgh just bought Stelco this week. They intend to keep it open and spend $100 million to fix up the plant. Before this I thought for sure Stelco was finished, since the plant is old and inefficient and had been losing money for years.

 

[Conrad Black]

Well it used to be the Pittsburgh of Canada. Now that Pittsburgh's mills have closed its more like Birmingham or Gary. Well not so much Gary beyond the fact both still have mills.