Raise the Hammer
Links to the twenty most recent article and blog comments.
Searching for Answers to Hamilton's Love of One-Way Streets, by Michelle Martin, Posted 2012-05-16 19:39:21: "wo-way streets haven't exactly done wonders for Ottawa Street." Beg to differ-- Ottawa street is... (21 words)
Ward Boundary Review Process Moves Forward, by seancb, Posted 2012-05-16 18:30:42: You seem to be continually clarifying some sort of point but with every post it just gets fuzzier. ... (171 words)
Searching for Answers to Hamilton's Love of One-Way Streets, by Spumoni, Posted 2012-05-16 18:11:36: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYzlPjqMPiE... (1 word)
Searching for Answers to Hamilton's Love of One-Way Streets, by Fred Street, Posted 2012-05-16 17:53:32: "We moved to this city 12 years ago,and have been reading about Hamilton being "on the cusp" for tha... (21 words)
Searching for Answers to Hamilton's Love of One-Way Streets, by Ergot, Posted 2012-05-16 17:44:58: "How much longer are we going to let King St. East limp along without fixing traffic flow to encoura... (91 words)
Searching for Answers to Hamilton's Love of One-Way Streets, by Hysteresis, Posted 2012-05-16 17:27:02: I agree that it's time to move on the two-conversion of the seven lunk-headed kilometers of Main, if... (40 words)
Searching for Answers to Hamilton's Love of One-Way Streets, by jason, Posted 2012-05-16 17:13:06: You mean to tell me that I could shave off 16 seconds from the drive between Main and Aberdeen by ki... (42 words)
Searching for Answers to Hamilton's Love of One-Way Streets, by George, Posted 2012-05-16 16:46:22: This definitely needs to be revisited.... (6 words)
Searching for Answers to Hamilton's Love of One-Way Streets, by George, Posted 2012-05-16 16:45:14: Sure, but the point is you don't NEED one ways.... (10 words)
Searching for Answers to Hamilton's Love of One-Way Streets, by Tony, Posted 2012-05-16 16:28:00: Hamilton Magazine's Weekly Poll is about the conversion of Main Street back to two-way. 75% of respo... (28 words)
Searching for Answers to Hamilton's Love of One-Way Streets, by Pxtl, Posted 2012-05-16 16:22:43: To be fair, Westdale's Main Street is almost as much of a freeway as downtown Main Street. Multi-st... (52 words)
Searching for Answers to Hamilton's Love of One-Way Streets, by RB, Posted 2012-05-16 16:10:55: Nice! I'll make it huge, chop it into like 6-10 pieces, and paste together that way. Thanks George..... (31 words)
Searching for Answers to Hamilton's Love of One-Way Streets, by Ryan, Posted 2012-05-16 16:10:46: Both Metrolinx in their [Benefits Case Analysis](/article/1016/) and the City's LRT consultant, Stee... (55 words)
Searching for Answers to Hamilton's Love of One-Way Streets, by Ryan, Posted 2012-05-16 16:09:07: Not only that, but the shops on Locke South were [hanging on by their fingernails](/article/1333/ham... (80 words)
Thirteen Ways of Looking at Christ the King Cathedral, by Susan Roth, Posted 2012-05-16 16:00:50: Thank you, Mark. A friend sent this to me, surprised! Me too! I would add delight and joy and sur... (23 words)
Searching for Answers to Hamilton's Love of One-Way Streets, by brendansimons, Posted 2012-05-16 15:22:42: Is it the key driver? No, but it's a significant one. Take a look at the shops on the North si... (101 words)
Searching for Answers to Hamilton's Love of One-Way Streets, by George, Posted 2012-05-16 15:22:28: "Most Hamiltonians now can't even conceive of our city without the Main St freeway." Funny thing ... (34 words)
Searching for Answers to Hamilton's Love of One-Way Streets, by brendansimons, Posted 2012-05-16 15:12:01: I think a certain part of the resistance to change can be chalked up to the self-selecting nature of... (128 words)
Searching for Answers to Hamilton's Love of One-Way Streets, by brendansimons, Posted 2012-05-16 14:54:20: You asked " Have any studies been undertaken pertaining to converting Main-King-Cannon back to two-w... (100 words)
Searching for Answers to Hamilton's Love of One-Way Streets, by Jay Robb, Posted 2012-05-16 14:01:18: According to he U.S. Department of Transportation, swapping out one kilometre of one way for two way... (181 words)
More Predictions of Doom for James, John South Conversions, by Robert D, Posted 2012-05-16 18:13:16: Thanks for reminding me about that 1957 newspaper article!... (9 words)
Chaos Predicted for James, John Conversions, by Robert D, Posted 2012-05-16 18:07:08: It's much easier to make existing abandoned retail "ready" for new retail than it is to construct a ... (182 words)
More Predictions of Doom for James, John South Conversions, by jason, Posted 2012-05-16 17:16:20: I admit I'm always amused by people who only use downtown as a shortcut to somewhere else, and then ... (37 words)
Heading in the Right Directions, by RB, Posted 2012-05-16 16:51:57: Hahaha... awesome! Your name + comment made my day at the office... ha! Death is not impressed...... (16 words)
Heading in the Right Directions, by RB, Posted 2012-05-16 16:50:00: Yea... I'd take more congestion over higher taxes; at least congestion means that there is enough mo... (41 words)
Downtown Businesses Rail Against One-Way Streets, by ENBertussi, Posted 2012-05-16 16:37:15: I recently heard an anecdote via Herman Turkstra, apparently Mr. Desjardins the old street baron of ... (112 words)
More Predictions of Doom for James, John South Conversions, by ENBertussi, Posted 2012-05-16 16:30:27: To all the human beings who identify them selves as "Drivers" please don't wait for more excuses to ... (394 words)
The Hamiltonian Asks: How Can Hamilton be the Best Place to Raise a Child?, by Gastro, Posted 2012-05-16 16:24:20: Possibly course-correct on that whole overweight/obese residents making up 74% of our population thi... (14 words)
More Predictions of Doom for James, John South Conversions, by Ryan, Posted 2012-05-16 16:12:15: I just talked to Kathy Drewitt today. She noted that while the Downtown BIA doesn't have a formal po... (154 words)
More Predictions of Doom for James, John South Conversions, by jason, Posted 2012-05-16 14:57:53: Kathy Drewitt opposed to two-way conversion of Main and Cannon?? Yea, cause I'm sure her members al... (28 words)
Hamilton Heritage in Spacing Magazine, by Breezeblock'd, Posted 2012-05-16 14:44:24: The prevailing daisy logic seems to short us two adjacent heritage buildings for every one we save. ... (273 words)
Chaos Predicted for James, John Conversions, by jason, Posted 2012-05-16 14:35:02: Great thoughts...you're right. There is no guarantee that the next generation won't completely botc... (120 words)
Chaos Predicted for James, John Conversions, by Robert D, Posted 2012-05-16 12:41:34: So at Charlton you have an apartment/parking lot, hospital, church, and residential - nothing to imp... (133 words)
Walkable Neighbourhoods Are Vital Infrastructure For Creative Industries, by djfern, Posted 2012-05-16 11:39:12: Congrats on getting the letter published!... (6 words)
Chaos Predicted for James, John Conversions, by Rimshot, Posted 2012-05-16 10:53:32: Agreed... King and Main need to be way less overt!... (10 words)
Chaos Predicted for James, John Conversions, by Rimshot, Posted 2012-05-16 10:51:51: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_MacDonald_(Hamilton_politician)... (1 word)
The Hamiltonian Asks: How Can Hamilton be the Best Place to Raise a Child?, by zontar the munificent, Posted 2012-05-16 10:30:30: maybe just level absolutely everything and infill it with a big sandspit into the harbour cant be wo... (175 words)
Chaos Predicted for James, John Conversions, by Tony, Posted 2012-05-16 10:23:04: Hamilton Magazine's Weekly Poll is about the conversion of Main Street back to two-way. 70% of respo... (28 words)
Chaos Predicted for James, John Conversions, by George, Posted 2012-05-16 10:16:46: "The problem is lack of local residents with money to support business." It's the one ways that a... (44 words)
Chaos Predicted for James, John Conversions, by DrAwesomesauce, Posted 2012-05-16 10:03:01: "...the downtown has seen the last of me...I will miss eating in the ethnic restaurants on James Str... (68 words)
On The Cusp: Downtown Revitalization Event, by I'm Going, Posted 2012-05-02 12:35:15: I'm going to this tonight, and hopefully many of you RTH readers will as well. I have read Ken Green... (47 words)
Y108 Rocks! presents U.S.S. w/ The Balconies and Time Giant - 2012 Hamilton Spring Music Festival, by Ryan, Posted 2012-05-01 11:56:38: I haven't heard Time Giant or The Balconies, but U.S.S. are fantastic. I had the pleasure of [review... (29 words)
Stadium Precinct Planning Sub Committee Meeting, by lawrence, Posted 2012-04-24 10:38:28: Note the update above to inform everyone that you MUST register for this event. See the South Sherma... (26 words)
Sandro Perri at Hamilton Place Studio, by Ipso Facto, Posted 2012-04-03 12:33:06: Naming rights! Exciting times!... (4 words)
West Secondary ARC Special Hearing, by Recess, Posted 2012-04-02 06:08:40: Movement at the provincial level: http://m.torontosun.com/2012/03/29/schools-with-low-enrollment-... (5 words)
New community media website launched, by Vivat, Posted 2012-03-30 05:00:06: The Hamilton Aggregator will not be pleased!... (7 words)
Ward 4 East Hamilton Community Meeting, by WRCU2, Posted 2012-03-26 16:57:04: Thanks for sharin' Ryan.... (4 words)
Free Public Speaker- Jay Walljasper, by mystoneycreek, Posted 2012-02-26 19:02:24: This was an intriguing talk. I expected to see more recognizable RTHers...but it was nice to see... (23 words)
Rally for Lucene Charles, by Mahesh_P_Butani, Posted 2012-02-17 15:56:36: Lucene Charles granted six-month stay: A federal judge has granted Lucene Charles a six-month s... (29 words)
Poetry Workshop, by WRCU2, Posted 2012-01-13 10:38:50: This event immediately follows the Mayor's levee at City Hall and I hope to see y'all there as well.... (19 words)