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By Shempatolla (registered) - website | Posted January 08, 2011 at 14:40:05

IMHO the future of our downtown (and ultimately the future of our city) lies in going UP not OUT. This means a mix of low/med/ and highrise construction. It's about increasing the density of people. The more you have the more requirements there are for the services and industries and amenities that those people require and desire to live their lives with.

Down town T.O. betweeen Shebourne and Bathurst isn't flourishing because of a bunch of single family dwellings and town homes. There are some of those in the mix, but its because of the human density caused by building high rise residential homes. Those people all need to shop, eat, get to where they want to go, pursue recreation and entertainment, and they want to do it all within close proximity to where they live.

Now this may offend some of us who may still harbour quaint notions of small town Hamilton and its past. But I'm sorry if our city is going to flourish, we have respect and remember our past (thank you Graham), while embracing the future.

And the future is up.

Comment edited by Shempatolla on 2011-01-08 14:41:37

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