Landmark Place

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Landmark Place
Landmark Place
Main Street, looking East
Main Street, looking East

Landmark Place is a building located in downtown Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, at the corner of Main Street East and Catharine Street South in the Corktown/Stinson neighbourhood. This 43-storey building (127 metres/417 feet) is currently the tallest building in Hamilton. [1] The building was completed in 1974, and was originally known as the Century 21 building.

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]

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

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

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