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This is a good direction, glad to hear it’s happening. I was very curious as to why it wasn’t till now, but it’s good that winds are changing. Are these assemblies for townhomes? That would strike me as the most obvious move.

I think if we want to address the pseudo-policy failure that is trails to rails, the only argument is to build the case for trails-to-rails. Obviously we have been saying this in this very thread, but I moreso mean at large, as a legitimate solution for our transportation needs across Ontario...

Unfortunately, the list of items needed to be addressed in the Hamilton area is much longer than grade separations in the north end. And yet still, you undersell the shortcomings of today's setup; the impact of the tracks being at grade is a major speed limitation through to Grimsby Stoney...

Short of spewing all the ridership GO Expansion will bring… The gap between GO and the LIRR is as small as it’s ever been- hardly a behemoth anymore. Unless something changes, an overtake could occur by this time next year. …That is all but certain if the crosstown opens by then. The sheer...

To be succinct about it, if these were office killers, the effects would be more pronounced. Lower-end offices may go, yes. But, the problem with the view that remote work can eliminate ‘good’ offices is: A) many entities do actually value physical office space… B) …because the real world is...

Meh- land for offices in the core is hard to come by, and this is one such rare parcel. To redevelop for residential would prohibit office uses on this lot in the future. So, a developer would have to be short-sighted, or very confident in their long-term outlook to change to Res here. I really...

I’m going to push back here. On the basis of contextual, historical, and design value, these objectively pass *at least* two. You can choose between contextual/design value, but these satisfy at least one, if not both. Either they contribute to Gore Park’s street wall, or they are...

Do go on, can’t leave us hanging like that!

Uh… you do know Vrancors motif, don’t you? Quantity over quality…

Every transit agency in the province has this data, down to the boardings at stops. But very few actually publish the amount we want. Generally speaking, they do see it as something that can be used against them. Sometimes they are right; you can make some very critical observations of a transit...

What’s his angle? We’re talking about him as if he’s a person, but developers/RE manager types typically come as a corporation. Basically, are we waiting on a ‘bad guy’ (and their practices) to pass away like Gary Bettman? Or are the issues going to remain as long as the corporation does...

I can’t quite get to a more fulsome reply right now, but yes, the developer obviously has no interest in restoring… …But developers have no interest in a lot of things. From their POV, It is much much cheaper to do a rebuild (original material or otherwise) than to have to restore them in...

I wouldn’t dismiss the chance of a rebuild just yet. A large number of planning and architecture firms (among the others) have had a front row seat to this entire debacle, and the vacant lot isn’t going away. You cannot hide this loss from the public eye, like pre-restoration buildings on James...

I would be onboard with a fundraiser. I don’t necessarily distrust developers, but that’s because I do have an unsavoury theory of mind for them and their practice. I think they would rather have just rebuilt this from scratch in the first place; the old adage of, “cheaper to tear down and...

The blame is quite easy to lay out. The developer did as developers do, which is to minimize their costs. I never once doubted the developer wanted to let this thing fall, and do the minimum heritage work it was required to. That’s not a unique problem, though; I agree that It’s the city. Even...

I don’t have the energy to comment on this anymore, if I ever did. I thought maybe we’d keep the one that didn’t fall, but I guess not. Losing this entire set is visceral. This ambivalence is so much worse than misguided renewal. The city should be eating the owner alive… yet we have perhaps...

Can’t help but point out thats not particularly unique to this site. The fundamentals that underpin this proposal from the early 2010s- earlier than almost any other tower in the city- should all still be present.

Lol don’t say that… But to fill the void here, I noticed they had a Zehr sign on the south hoarding/barrier. Were they the ones to acquire it last and sell it? If so, I would have thought they’d be interested in (and capable of) executing this- if it’s the same Zehr I’m thinking of in...

This caught my eye too. It seems like a lot of this work can start sooner rather than later, especially if a design for a 2-way Main St exists and just needs to be implemented. That is probably the first thing they’d want to do, actually, since it’s simple and isolated from most of the rest of...

Comparable in that they are present, yes- Kitchener/Waterloo, London, and other cities have their share of local builders that don’t play friends and have ‘unique’ practices. But even in my lifetime, the overrepresentation of these types in Hamilton has become clear. This would easily be...