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A group consisting of Beth Newport, 54, Julie Smith, 51, Monica Milek, 39, and David Derbyshire, 61, suggested cleaning up Barton Street, improving parking in the neighbourhood and acquiring more trendy cafés and bars along Barton Street.
Newport, who has lived in the area for 33 years, hopes a movie theatre can return to the neighbourhood if money is invested in helping what she calls a “great area.” She remembers the days of going to see a movie at the old Towne and Avon theatres.
“How many times have we’ve said, ‘Let’s go and see a movie?” she said to her group. “And we have to go to Ancaster. There’s nothing here for us.”
That's from a Spec article on the stadium precinct public meeting last night, 'Ivor Wynne community has its say on stadium project'. As someone interested in residents being able to contribute to how their own community gets re-imagined, I found the piece heartening. As someone with a lifelong passion for cinemas, I sighed.
A couple of years ago, I wrote a pair of articles for Raise the Hammer. The first, 'To Prevent the Next Century Collapse, Understand the Bigger Picture', focused on the loss of one of Hamilton's remaining cinema treasures. The second, 'The Fall of The Century: The Cinema History Factor' dealt with the background reasons for the situation that Ms Newport bemoans.
Although the writer lays it all out nicely (!!!), here's the Top Six list of 'Why?!?':
A couple of years ago, I wrote a pair of articles for Raise the Hammer. The first, 'To Prevent the Next Century Collapse, Understand the Bigger Picture', focused on the loss of one of Hamilton's remaining cinema treasures. The second, 'The Fall of The Century: The Cinema History Factor' dealt with the background reasons for the situation that Ms Newport bemoans.
Although the writer lays it all out nicely (!!!), here's the Top Six list of 'Why?!?':
