[DC83]

Nice architecture, but the City should be allowing double the height at that location. Sad to see such little housing here.

I think the City is concerned with shadows over Prince’s Square in front of the Court House.

Which is odd as it’s not a ‘hang out’ park at all.

They could solve that with clever architecture though.

 

[thomax]

source

 

[innsertnamehere]

By my count, this marks the 47th building proposed or under construction over 15 storeys in Downtown Hamilton.

Removing stale / unlikely proposals, it drops it to 33rd.

 

[onetimetoomany]

I think the City is concerned with shadows over Prince’s Square in front of the Court House.

Which is odd as it’s not a ‘hang out’ park at all.

They could solve that with clever architecture though.

It also has many mature shade trees. The bus stop there is fairly popular but the square itself never seems that bustling

Anyway I would love to see more height here.

 

[mininamib]

Is there a digital rendering anywhere of what the Hamilton skyline is set to look like in the coming years?

 

[Sunnyside]

Is there a digital rendering anywhere of what the Hamilton skyline is set to look like in the coming years?

There are some on SSP but they’re only relevant up to about 2020/21 iirc. Some new ones would be great though!

 

[innsertnamehere]

Is there a digital rendering anywhere of what the Hamilton skyline is set to look like in the coming years?

@ericmacm did some back in 2021 here:

ericmacm's Pan-Canadian Future Skylines [SketchUp Rendering]

I'm back with a small update for Hamilton. I have added a few new towers, in addition to updating the massing on some older ones. It's been a while since I've posted on this thread, since I've been pretty busy with work. Moving forward, my goals are to first finish Kitchener, update Ottawa and...

urbantoronto.ca

but they haven't been updated since, I don't think. Still gives you a decent idea.

 

[Chronamut]

Ooooh more various shades of grey!

Looking at this architects impressive projects page, this building looks like it came from their bargain bin..

All Projects — Studio JCI

www.studiojci.com

thank you.

 

[innsertnamehere]

Activity on site today:

 

[Chris R.]

Activity on site today:

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My understanding was that those blue square pipe things were for soil samples, so I'm surprised to see more soil samples, unless they do different kinds of samples for a site plan application or something.

 

[Paclo]

Activity on site today

My understanding was that those blue square pipe things were for soil samples, so I'm surprised to see more soil samples, unless they do different kinds of samples for a site plan application or something.

There are no public permits yet, shoring or otherwise, so I'm inclined to agree @RitsmaCW

 

[TheHonestMaple]

Geotechnical drilling rig. This is for soil sampling to understand its mechanical properties. Tells me the foundation is probably currently in design.

 

[innsertnamehere]

thinking about this - they may not even need site plan approval here if they can amend the site plan agreement which was approved for the previous scheme. We may just end up seeing permits here fairly quickly - we'll have to see.

 

[jmi22]

...something about keeping the table top level with that escarpment, for better or worse.

I am not familiar with Hamilton planning at all, does this mean they want to preserve views of the lake/city from the mountain?

 

[TheHonestMaple]

I am not familiar with Hamilton planning at all, does this mean they want to preserve views of the lake/city from the mountain?

No one is completely sure the logic behind it. I believe they've said it is to preserve views of the escarpment, which doesn't really make sense because a building that is as tall as the escarpment would block the view anyway. And they would equally block the view of the lake too. It's some sort of legacy rule that is holding our city back by making it a less attractive city for developers.