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Buildings of the Gore
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North-west corner of King & James Streets about 1910 showing the Cunningham Photographic Studio
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Canadian Pacific Railway ticket office, Liggett’s Rexall Drug Store
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Mayor Vic Copps takes a sledgehammer to a building to start the demolition for Jackson Square, 1966
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Demolition is complete for Phase One of Jackson Square, October 1970
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Official ground-breaking for Jackson Square, October 28, 1970
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Mayor MacDonald and Mrs. Lloyd D. Jackson officially open Phase II of Jackson Square, 1977
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King Street looking west across Gore Park, 1870s
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Bank of Hamilton, 1890
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Bank of Hamilton with addition built in 1905
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Gore Park and the Canadian Bank of Commerce in the Bank of Hamilton building, 1930s
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G. W. Robinson store about 1900
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James Street South showing the G. W. Robinson store, 1920s
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Promotional button for Santa Claus’ appearance at Robinson’s store, 1920s
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Robinson’s store, 1960s
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North-east corner of King and James Streets, 1970s
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Robert, Edwin and Stanley Mills of Hamilton, ca 1900
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Stanley Mills & Company Department Store
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Interior of Herbert S. Mills Gift Shop
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Closing Day for Herbert S. Mills Gift Shop, 1983
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John Northway and Son women’s clothing store opened in Hamilton in 1925
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Victory Print Dress display at Northways during World War II
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F. W. Woolworth Store opened in Hamilton in 1902
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Fire destroyed Woolworths in March of 1947
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After the fire and before the construction of the new Woolworths store
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The Woolworths store was rebuilt following the fire
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Woolworths finally closed in 1990
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The Right House was built between 1890 and 1893
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The Right House under renovation in the 1980s
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Hamilton’s S.S. Kresge store opened in 1930 and closed in 1994
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The north side of King Street between Hughson and John Streets, 1913
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R. McKay & Company opened about 1880 and was destroyed by fire in 1914
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R. McKay & Company reopened in 1915 after the fire
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The Chicken Roost Restaurant opened in October of 1948 and closed in 1986
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The Pagoda Restaurant opened in 1941 and recently moved from downtown
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An aerial shot of King Street East, looking west from Catherine Street, 1940s
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Mills Hardware Store originally opened at John and Jackson Streets in 1888
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Mills Hardware Store, King Street East between John and Catherine Streets, 1950s
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Diamond Jim’s Tavern opened in 1965 and closed in 1977
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Loew’s Theatre, later the Capitol, opened in 1917
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The canopy at the Capitol Theatre was replaced in 1958
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The Hamilton Spectator published from King Street East from 1921 until 1976
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Looking west on King Street East from Mary Street, 1920s
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The Anglo American Hotel was open from 1854 until 1860
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Graduates of the Wesleyan Ladies’ College which was open from 1861 until the 1890s
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Waldorf Hotel just prior to demolition in 1914
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The Royal Connaught Hotel opened on June 5, 1916
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The lobby of the Royal Connaught Hotel
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The extension of the Royal Connaught Hotel opened in 1931
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William Eli Sanford started the first ready to wear clothing business in Canada
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Sanford & McInnes Company at the south-east corner of King and John Streets, 1870s
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W.E. Sanford Manufacturing building, 1890s
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The south side of King Street East between John and Hughson Streets, 1880s
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The McInnes building on the south west corner of King and John Streets was constructed in 1856
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The McInnes building was completely destroyed by fire on august 1, 1879
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The Post Office was opened on this site in 1886 and demolished in 1934
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The Post Office and Federal Building opened in 1935 and closed in 1991
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Victoria Hall and the McKay building to the right of the oil derrick flagpole (1900-1922)
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Victoria Hall was built in 1887-8 and its façade is handcrafted metal, only one of three surviving in Canada
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The MacKay building was erected from 1914-1920 with a façade of glazed terra cotta
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The Winer building was constructed in the 1860s and demolished in 1910
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The Bank of Nova Scotia built a new building in 1914 and stayed there until 1954
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The Hamilton Provident & Loan building was erected in 1881 at the south-east corner of King and Hughson Streets and was demolished in 1961
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The Canada Trust building opened January 16, 1963
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The Bank of Hamilton building on the south-west corner of King and Hughson Streets opened in 1838 and was demolished in 1929
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The Norwich Union building was erected in 1929 and demolished in 1977
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The Minden building started as a warehouse before a ready to wear clothing business opened there in the 1920s
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The Honey Dew Restaurant occupied the west end of this building from 1942 until 1971
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Robert Duncan took over the west end of the building after they were expropriated for the construction of Jackson Square
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The Bank of British North America opened in 1848 and after becoming part of the Bank of Montreal stayed there until 1923
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Hamilton Hydro opened in this building in 1923 and vacated it for their new headquarters in 1951 and the building was demolished shortly afterwards
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An early view of the south-east corner of King and James Streets, 1870s
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Hugh Cossart Baker, Senior founded Canada Life Assurance Company, the first life insurance company in Canada, in 1847
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The Canada Life Assurance building opened in 1882
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It was known as the twisty tower building because of the tower
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Henry Birks moved into the building in 1929 and redid the tower which had been damaged by fire
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The Clock of the Charging Horsemen was started at 10 am on October 11, 1930
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The clock was removed before the building was demolished in 1972
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