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Landmark Place

Landmark Place

Tallest building in downtown Hamilton, Ontario, Canada


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]

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The top 5 floors of the building are now occupied by luxury suites.[1]

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  1. "Landmark Place/ Century 21 Building: 1974 (www.emporis.com)". Archived from the original on April 1, 2007. Retrieved 2007-02-07.
  2. Wilson, Paul (2007-01-31). "Street Beat: Hamilton's Empire State builder". The Hamilton Spectator.

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