Comment 42263

By Seth Bullock (anonymous) | Posted June 21, 2010 at 22:53:25

@ Ryan / @ Mr. Meister:

I mistook the "downtown was a thriving and bustling place without LRT and with one way streets" vs "Downtown Hamilton's long death spiral started when the streetcars were decommissioned by bus interests and accelerated when the streets were cut to one-way" to be the kernel of the disagreement. Apologies to you both for the error. I meant no offense. It was not my intent to take potshots at straw men, but I obviously should have paid closer attention.

Unrelated to anything save my earlier hypothesis about the fluctuating fortunes of the steel industry (and industrial cities more broadly), it occurs to me that Hamilton's industrial might have done well by the market demands of 1914-1918, 1939-1945 and 1950-1953. And also that the 1946 Stelco strike was a landmark moment in Canadian labour movement, popularizing collective bargaining. And that the Canadian Labour Congress was another legacy item of the year 1956. Although this is not an anti-labour, anti-union argument. And certainly not a pro-Pinkerton argument. Just some pieces in the complex and convoluted puzzle of our city's long-fading industrial glory, possibly conceptual starting points that are obvious to everyone else but me. So again, forgive my naivete.

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