Tag: local
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Announcing the Landsdale Neighbourhood Inventory
I’m excited to announce a new community-led project in Hamilton’s Ward 3: the Landsdale Neighbourhood Inventory! This is one of the first projects for our new non-profit that’s grown out of the Friends of St. Giles, with a broader focus on reuse and our built environment. As a Landsdale resident and as chair of this…
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Hamilton, meet church apartments
Great news for housing, and for church reuse! Just one year later, Tal Dehtiar is back on the Spec front page with the news that his church apartments are ready to rent. As reported last summer, Dehtiar was set to transform a designated church in Hamilton’s Stinson neighbourhood into 19 rental units. Hamilton lags behind…
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Core Urban comes to Landsdale
Front page of Monday’s Spectator: a win-win-win for Core Urban, Mission Services, and adaptive reuse! As part of their deal for Mission Services’ property on James Street North, Core Urban is renovating a former industrial building in Landsdale, to reopen as a new, larger shelter facility by the winter. Most recently home to the Canadian…
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Ghost Landscape in the news
As the project lead on Woodlands Park: Ghost Landscape, I’m excited to share that the CBC‘s Cara Nickerson covered the launch for Canada’s national broadcaster. Last Thursday, on the eve of the 1946 Stelco strike anniversary, members of USW Local 1005 marched to Woodlands Park to attend the launch of Ghost Landscape, where I was…
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Listed! The former Hanrahan’s
Hanrahan’s is now a listed heritage property! Once slated for demolition, the Edwardian hotel building was officially added to the Municipal Heritage Register this summer as part of the Beasley Neighbourhood Inventory. Congratulations to the family and property owner! Inclusion on the Register represents official recognition of the building’s value to the local community. As…
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Groundbreaking at city-owned St. Mark’s Church
This week, the City of Hamilton hosted a groundbreaking at the future St. Mark’s Centre. Once slated for demolition, the 145-year-old, downtown church is being transformed into a cultural venue and community hub. Update: read my letter to the editor at theSpec.com. Construction on this exciting, community-led adaptive reuse project starts this month, and includes…
Sarah Sheehan 