Comment 90737

By Today (anonymous) | Posted August 09, 2013 at 15:33:53 in reply to Comment 90734

I disagree Captain, a very, very poor choice for a stadium. I am relieved that the city of Hamilton did not make a huge mistake by destroying what will in time be a waterfront at WH without a monstrosity sports stadium that would ruin the feel of this area. We can do better, much better with proper long range planning, than an quick type solution with a sports stadium that may have been done hastily on contaminated lands and then, a few years down the road, perhaps in need of tearing it down to properly take care of these lands:
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"With this growing popularity comes a tendency by some to look for the quick solution, to adopt a formula that may have worked somewhere else. In the 1980's it was the "festival marketplace" fad. In the 1990's, it is the "urban entertainment district" and/or stadiums. In a time of pervading sameness and homogenization worldwide this is particularly dismaying because waterfronts above all factors give each community a chance to express its individuality and help distinguish it from others."

Source: Urban Waterfront Manifesto - http://www.waterfrontcenter.org/about/manifesto.html

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