B E A S L E Y - one of Canada's poorest neighbourhoods

[tdawg]

Looks downtrodden but with some beautiful old houses just waiting for gentrification. Reminds me of some parts of St. Louis or Sheffield, UK.

[BUFFALOVE!!]

Originally Posted by Halovet

My Grandmother was born on James Street in 1892. My Greatgrandmother was born there to in The 1860s. They Knew Harriet Tubman very well. From the stories I herd, that part of "The Hammer" has always been HARDCORE, and they left there for Greener Pastures in BUFFALO. Imagine That! Beasley is as hard as a US Hood for sure, but not every Hood. You could put it on Buffalo's West side, and it would blend right in.

This looks great compared to the west side. This neighborhood doesnt look that bad. A lot of great looking row houses and buildings

[pj3000]

Top-quality Canadian rust. I love it.

[NYC4Life]

Amazing, but there really isn't that urban decay. This is grit can be also be livable in.

[theWatusi]

Another awesome thread by Flar

[flar]

Originally Posted by NYC4Life

Amazing, but there really isn't that urban decay. This is grit can be also be livable in.

As I said earlier, it's getting harder and harder to find residential grit in Hamilton. A few years ago there were a lot of shabby houses with debris strewn through the yards. Bit by bit they seem to be getting cleaned up and lots of houses have been newly painted. Quite a few inner city houses are being bought up by people who want to fix them. For many years, old rowhomes and big Victorians were seen as undesirable slums and often demolished or converted to cheap apartments and rooming houses, but that is changing.

Overall there's a huge difference between the US and Canada on this. Hamilton has some of the roughest looking 'hoods in Canada, but generally Canada has very little residential abandonment or decay.

[raggedy13]

Great tour of a very interesting neighbourhood. It doesn't look as bad as I expected - it looks surprising livable in fact. I'd say the area has huge potential for gentrification.

[NutmeG]

Beautiful neighborhood, nice pics.

[Hozay]

interesting!

[excel]

wow great tour! thanks.

[Jayayess1190]

Thats a good looking neighborhood for being so poor. Much nicer looking than some poor parts of Philly.

[mrherodotus]

Your Hamilton threads are always great.

[skyline]

Hoods in Canada, I'M SHOCKED! Perhaps I'm sheltered or just haven't toured Canada enough, but everytime I've been up north, it's all pristine!

[Architype]

Hamilton has so much beautiful heritage; it's unfortunate that it gets a bit of a bad reputation sometimes.
Those ample parking lots will provide lots of room for future infill.

Thanks for another great set Flar.

[ShadowMaster]

This Hamilton neighborhood has density and contains many classical residential structures also, even rows. Quality tour! Portions of this neighborhood reminds me of the more "urban theater" levels of the PC video game titled Half Life 2.

[LMich]

I don't know why I thought Hamilton was more Midwestern than Eastern in the American tradition of those words. That neighborhood looked like something straight out of the Mid-Atlantic region.

[Ex-Ithacan]

Looks like a rough around the edges, but still solid working class neighborhood. Some great buildings in the thread. Helluva tour flar, thanks.

btw, if I were Gary Proctor I would take my name of this ugly rascal:

[flar]

^^what a tribute, eh?

Originally Posted by LMich

I don't know why I thought Hamilton was more Midwestern than Eastern in the American tradition of those words. That neighborhood looked like something straight out of the Mid-Atlantic region.

Hamilton can look like either, depending what neighbourhood you're in.

EDIT: I should add that Hamilton was originally settled by loyalists (mainly from NY) who moved here after the British were defeated in the War of Independence.



Thanks everyone

[rockyi]

Beautiful bricks!

[harls]

I had no idea that there were so many rowhouses in Hamilton. Thanks for the tour of Beasley.. looks like just needs a little spit and polish.