Hamilton has many firsts and is NOW a thriving, although not perfect City!
@Malumbrus5 күн бұрын
Why don't we build like this anymore? Everything is so ugly. It's depressing. We've removed ourselves from nature and now we don't even build places that are pleasant to live in.
@Nigel-ry1po6 күн бұрын
Nigel in Hamilton🇨🇦 Ontario CANADA i am in waiking distance of these neighborhoods
@thoth476 күн бұрын
ive lived in hamilton my whole life, you provide lots of interesting history i never knew anything about 👍
@ziggyz175012 күн бұрын
Time for an update
@edwardsoyko710520 күн бұрын
I'm from Sarnia that was my grandparents hotel on front and Cromwell
@lincolnlawyer970428 күн бұрын
The picture from January of 1952 of the Capital theatre in Sarnia with the sign “Greatest Show on Earth” has great significance for my many brothers and sisters and myself. It was the first movie my parents went to see on their first date. I’ll show this to my Mom this afternoon, she still lives on her at age 92 not more than then three blocks away from this theatre.
@wigs9848Ай бұрын
Benjamin, I enjoy all of your videos. Thank you for all of your time/efforts it took to create these. They are certainly appreciated even if many don't take the time to comment/give feedback. There's fascinating history in each and every village, town, city. I hope one day you make more. Many people scoff at Hamilton, but are ignorant as to its importance in helping to literally build Ontario, and Canada as a whole with untold Billions of tons of steel from what were once 2 of the largest steel mills in North America. I love strolling Aberdeen Avenue and the surrounding leafy, tree lined, well landscaped side streets, the charming houses, and trying to get a feel of the history and it's retained sense of grandeur. Cheers 🍻
@tiae.4752 ай бұрын
Nice job!🏦🏢🏗️
@DaveonTap2 ай бұрын
Nice Video and narrative. One thing of interest if you ever, is Paincourt, Grande Point. How did these outlying villages come to being.
@HeatherC023 ай бұрын
At 9:21 the house was built by my great great grandfather William Percival 😊
@mrpeel32393 ай бұрын
Love the vintage postcard tour of an historic city!
@rossanobonito18923 ай бұрын
This was great! ❤
@alberta1st4 ай бұрын
Much better time a hundred and 30 yrs ago
@michaeldrew40885 ай бұрын
The butthole of Ontario, do yourself a favor , avoid this cancer breeding shit hole
@JessyU135 ай бұрын
Awesome video!
@nickwilson49875 ай бұрын
When was the smoke stack district name coined? Been in London 20 years and only head of it when they painted the mural on the side of the Webster building
@ramblesintherustbelt5 ай бұрын
Believe it or not that was me. We were talking about the cluster of historic factories between Old East and Pottersburg, and we realized we needed a name for the area that was easier than just "the area between Old East and Pottersburg. So I started using "The Smokestack District" because at the time the McCormick's smokestack was still standing and the most conspicuous object in the area. And it kind of caught on. I was as surprised as anyone. I've seen it on official city reports, and there's the mural.
@jonathanaristone24685 ай бұрын
Thank you for this important historical visit, so nice to come back to an area spent a lot of time in with family.
@joannecohen67645 ай бұрын
I appreciate your video and narrative but your mispronunciation of place names is distracting. Hughson is pronounced Hewson. Royal Connaught is pronounced Connawt.
@user-to1yw8vv2k6 ай бұрын
Downtown Hamilton is booming and going through a several billion dollar building blitz . The city always had amazing bones and was always underrated. Yes many treasures were lost unfortunately
@user-rj9rp8ez6w6 ай бұрын
Enjoyed watching this video of London and I learned the history of of my old neighborhood.I was born in St Joesph hospital and lived on Oxford St and Thornton Ave,our home was built in 1913. lwent to St George’s public school on WaterlooSt.I rented an apartment on Wellington Street across from the Anglican Church in a beautiful old Victorian home .I babysat for a family who lived in the stables which was converted into a home on St George street.I left London in 1979 and now that my parents have passed I was last there 2007.The city I grew up in has changed and so sad to see the forest city depreciate.
@psefti6 ай бұрын
Sound is awful
@psefti6 ай бұрын
It is no longer trinity
@screamingraptor40877 ай бұрын
My great great great great great (goes on) grandpa discovered Sarnia, which is crazy to me for some reason._.
@patriciablahout52117 ай бұрын
Videos are very informative, but you talk to damn fast for me to absorb all the info.
@haroldsmith453027 ай бұрын
This is a potentially-interesting video. However, there is a problem with the signal-to-noise ratio of the audio track. From a communications point of view, the background music is noise. It interferes with hearing what you are saying and reduces the effectiveness of the video.
@BEEPbaMBOP467 ай бұрын
Thank you for giving me insight in the city that my family has been living in for over a century
@psefti8 ай бұрын
A rich man from Dundas took a ride out to Springbank, he loosened his north belt and took off his oxfords to see what he aught to weigh and it was Normal.
@Tequilababs8 ай бұрын
Great show! My only criticism is that you should have done research on how to properly pronounce Hughson Street and the Connaught Hotel. Other than that, nice job!
@gordonbrooks91819 ай бұрын
With Hoses, buggy & rope ?
@psefti9 ай бұрын
So to sum this up London continues to destroy amazing buildings that would have been so valuable to the tourist industry and cherished by Londoners
@psefti9 ай бұрын
At 14:40 the old market building, I remember loving to go there as a child with my great Aunt and my grandmother, the butcher Kleebers (not sure of spelling) sold dried venison it was an amazing treat chewy delicious, Few years ago I visited Boston their downtown market is almost a replicate of our old market, it was a nostalgia trip for me back to my childhood, Smart of Boston to have not destroyed a cherished landmark that every visitor enjoys.
@PaleOranges10 ай бұрын
I wish our town still looked like this. Our history is insane
@tanyadescoteaux903310 ай бұрын
Great pictures but the narrator is obviously NOT from Hamilton as he can’t pronounce a lot of the landmark names and streets properly
@mrcdad11 ай бұрын
Having lived in Chatham in the 60's and 70's this brings back so many memories. The architecture at Wellington and Fifth was definitely impressive.
@codysherman9293 Жыл бұрын
If this spoke to the St Lawrence Market and University Ave Armouries, it would be perfect.
@selamyilma4989 Жыл бұрын
I was studying in alma college in 1980, it was a beautiful college, I was sad to learn the college burned down, . I remember my English teacher, her name was mrs.pretty
@ozahmed4523 Жыл бұрын
That giant tree next to the Wellington hotel. So beautiful.
@pavel0900 Жыл бұрын
Thank you for a pleasant walk around the neighborhood I’m very familiar with. So nice to hear about its rich history. (No pun intended)
@ching_gaming3275 Жыл бұрын
They should've kept these old buildings I love walking around an finding all the old style buildings and such
@toddboley6987 Жыл бұрын
Looks like this was an abandoned city first. And reoccupied. Muddy york? Horse and buggy? Old world architecture? But couldn’t build streets?
@Test-vl1ib Жыл бұрын
Nice description of what remains of Toronto’s financial district gems. Since the 1950s, much of it looks like Legoland as they demolished many gorgeous old structures in favour of parking lots and boring buildings. It still pisses me off when I think of what once stood proud and beautiful to be replaced by dullness. EG The Foresters Building, Globe and Mail Building at York St, TD branch and King and Yonge, both arcades (Yonge and King St) and many more. If only they had more foresight.
@chrismacphail7041 Жыл бұрын
so many churches
@derek4073 Жыл бұрын
I worked at these hospitals.
@WanukeX Жыл бұрын
3:09 - The More things change the more they stay the same I see.
@shamanegainz8171 Жыл бұрын
Beautiful old world antiquitech
@derek4073 Жыл бұрын
You covered my old neighborhood thanks nice to see.
@earthboundcarson567 Жыл бұрын
This was magnificent. Thank you so much.
@nwcanuck5069 Жыл бұрын
Wellington to Talbot, then Dundas North on Richmond...You went the wrong way. Try Dundas east of Adelaide, English and Elizabeth, you can watch people shoot up in broad daylight, tweak and then get revived by paramedics with naloxone in the space of a few hours. Downtown London is a ghost town now and with no one to panhandle they are moving out of the core and into the surrounding areas.
@imannonymous7707 Жыл бұрын
I spent 5 years as a bike courrier riding mail around this area , I loved the work and the history I learned