Some pictures from Ontario's best kept secret - Hamilton, aka "The Hammer."
Toronto's Union Station is a grand station, but if you love Art Deco, Hamilton's Hunter Street Station is a must see. It dates back to the golden age of passenger train travel and was once the hub of TH&B action (the now defunct Toronto, Hamilton & Buffalo train company).
The station was lovingly restored a few years back and is now a GO station.
It's like stepping back in time.
I snuck upstairs to the roped off area to take some snaps from above.
I believe this is the old Hamilton TB sanitorium, but if you're from Hamilton and know that it was used for another purpose, please write me a comment. It's an old building on Sanitorium Road, so I'm inferring. This building sits quietly atop the mountain in an area that's eerily like a ghost town, yet beautiful. The hospital dates back to 1906 and was used to treat people with TB. My mother remembers it as a place that helped people recover from this dreadful disease. No doubt, many people died here.
Back view.
In the area surrounding the sanitorium is a beautiful swampy park that looks Southern Gothic. It's called the Graduation Gardens. I wonder if there was a nearby school or college that used this for graduation ceremonies.
Train yards and interior view from a decaying shed at Hamilton Harbour. Hamilton's a beautiful city with a rich city. I wish people could see past the factories when you drive past it on the QEW.
