a sad day for hamilton, or is that a sad few decades?

they finally started to do it. hamilton's beautiful tivoli theatre, which began its life in 1875, will not remain standing.

was it a surprise? i mean, the people of this city have treated the city core as though it were Chernobl, avoiding the downtown for years. this is a car-addicted city, and the core will die as the suburbs proliferate. there's this thing called sustainability, and i really don't think suburbs belong to that category. neither did the tivoli apparently, but then, the world does keep its irony subtle.

let's all pray for the downtown to turn into a living memory: Cities Under Siege