Landmark Place
Tallest building in downtown Hamilton, Ontario, Canada From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Landmark Place is the tallest building in downtown Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, at the corner of Main Street East and Catharine Street South in the Corktown neighbourhood. This 43-storey building (130 metres/427 feet) was completed in 1974, and was originally known as the Century 21 building.[1] It was built by Al Frisina as a mixed use building; commercial, residential and retail. Original plans included adding a heliport and a revolving rooftop restaurant but those plans were scrapped. Frisina also believes that no other building will be built in Hamilton taller than Landmark Place because as he puts it; 'the demand's not there and nobody's crazy enough to do it.' In the early 1960s, Frisina took on Hamilton's six-storey height limit. He brought in a consultant who told the city it could save money on services by building up instead of out. Frisina won and built the 18-storey Clarendon on Hunter near Bay. Today it is known as The Fontainebleu.[2]
| Landmark Place | |
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| General information | |
| Type | Residential/ retail |
| Architectural style | Brutalist / Modernist |
| Location | Hamilton, Ontario, Canada |
| Completed | 1974 |
| Height | |
| Roof | 127 m (417 ft) |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 44 including observation deck |
| Lifts/elevators | 6 |
The top 5 floors of the building are now occupied by luxury suites.[1]
Main Street, looking East
Landmark Place
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