Rambles in the Rust Belt
Rambles in the Rust Belt
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Chatham: Chatham North
Rambles in the Rust Belt is a series of audio explorations celebrating heritage architecture around the great lakes region. In this episode, Tom Mawlam leads us on a tour of Chatham, Ontario. Join us for this walk and explore the area.
Written and narrated by: Tom Mawlam
Edited by: Melissa Parrott
Music by: Jeremy Gallagher
Photo credits:
Chatham-Kent Public Library
Tom Malwam
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War of 1812 Appeal
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If you'd be interested in helping with a video series on the War of 1812 do please get in touch. My email address is benjaminavazquez@gmail.com .
Chatham, Ontario
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Rambles in the Rust Belt is a series of audio explorations celebrating heritage architecture around the great lakes region. In this episode, Tom Mawlam leads us on a tour of Chatham, Ontario. Join us for this walk and explore the area. Written and narrated by: Tom Mawlam Edited by: Melissa Parrott Music by: Jeremy Gallagher Photo credits: Chatham-Kent Public Library Tom Malwam Sources: A Brief ...
Toronto, Ontario: Financial District
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Rambles in the Rustbelt is a series of audio explorations celebrating heritage architecture around the great lakes region. In this episode, Benjamin A. Vazquez leads us on a tour of Downtown Toronto, Ontario. Join us for this walk and explore the area. Written and narrated by: Benjamin A. Vazquez Edited by: Melissa Parrott Music by: Jeremy Gallagher Photo credits: Vintage Toronto Toronto Public...
Strathroy, Ontario
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Rambles in the Rustbelt is a series of audio explorations celebrating heritage architecture around the great lakes region. In this episode, Benjamin A. Vazquez leads us on a tour of Strathroy, Ontario. Join us for this walk and explore the area. Written and narrated by: Benjamin A. Vazquez Edited by: Melissa Parrott Music by: Jeremy Gallagher Photo credits: EBay Strathroy Age-Dispatch Museum St...
Buffalo, New York: Downtown
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Rambles in the Rustbelt is a series of audio explorations celebrating heritage architecture around the great lakes region. In this episode, Benjamin A. Vazquez leads us on a tour of Downtown Buffalo, New York. Join us for this walk and explore the area. Written and narrated by: Benjamin A. Vazquez Edited by: Melissa Parrott Music by: Jeremy Gallagher Sources: Buffalo Architecture: A Guide - Rey...
Winter 2017 Update
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Hamilton, Ontario: King Street East & Corktown
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Rambles in the Rustbelt is a series of audio explorations celebrating heritage architecture around the great lakes region. In this episode, Benjamin A. Vazquez leads us on a tour of the King Street East & Corktown neighbourhoods in Hamilton, Ontario. Join us for this walk and explore the area. Written and narrated by: Benjamin A. Vazquez Edited by: Melissa Parrott Music by: Jeremy Gallagher Cre...
Hamilton, Ontario: Kirkendall
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Rambles in the Rustbelt is a series of audio explorations celebrating heritage architecture around the great lakes region. In this episode, Benjamin A. Vazquez leads us on a tour of the Kirkendall neighbourhood in Hamilton, Ontario. Join us for this walk and explore the area. Written and narrated by: Benjamin A. Vazquez Edited by: Melissa Parrott Music by: Jeremy Gallagher Sources: Historical H...
Hamilton, Ontario: Durand
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Rambles in the Rustbelt is a series of audio explorations celebrating heritage architecture around the great lakes region. In this episode, Benjamin A. Vazquez leads us on a tour of the Durand neighbourhood in Hamilton, Ontario. Join us for this walk and explore the area. Written and narrated by: Benjamin A. Vazquez Edited by: Melissa Parrott Music by: Jeremy Gallagher Sources: Hamilton: An Ill...
Hamilton, Ontario: James Street North
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Rambles in the Rustbelt is a series of audio explorations celebrating heritage architecture around the great lakes region. In this episode, Benjamin A. Vazquez leads us on a tour of James Street North in Hamilton, Ontario. Join us for this walk and explore the area. Written and narrated by: Benjamin A. Vazquez Edited by: Melissa Parrott Music by: Jeremy Gallagher Sources 'Industrial Hamilton: A...
Hamilton, Ontario: Barton Village - Part 2
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Rambles in the Rustbelt is a series of audio explorations celebrating heritage architecture around the great lakes region. In this episode, Benjamin A. Vazquez leads us on a 2nd tour of Barton Village in Hamilton, Ontario. Join us for this walk and explore the area. Written and narrated by: Benjamin A. Vazquez Edited by: Melissa Parrott Music by: Jeremy Gallagher Sources: 'Worker's City Hamilto...
Hamilton, Ontario: Barton Village - Part 1
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Rambles in the Rustbelt is a series of audio explorations celebrating heritage architecture around the great lakes region. In this episode, Benjamin A. Vazquez leads us on a tour of Barton Village in Hamilton, Ontario. Join us for this walk and explore the area. Written and narrated by: Benjamin A. Vazquez Edited by: Melissa Parrott Music by: Jeremy Gallagher Sources: Raise the Hammer McMaster ...
Hamilton, Ontario: Downtown
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Rambles in the Rustbelt is a series of audio explorations celebrating heritage architecture around the great lakes region. In this episode, Benjamin A. Vazquez leads us on a tour of downtown Hamilton, Ontario. Join us for this walk and explore the area. Written and narrated by: Benjamin A. Vazquez Edited by: Melissa Parrott Music by: Jeremy Gallagher Sources: Historical Hamilton Downtown Hamilt...
Summer 2016 Update
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Summer 2016 Update
Sarnia, Ontario
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Sarnia, Ontario
London, Ontario: Old North
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London, Ontario: Old North
London, Ontario: Hamilton Road
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London, Ontario: Hamilton Road
London, Ontario: Blackfriars
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London, Ontario: Blackfriars
London, Ontario: Wortley Village
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London, Ontario: Wortley Village
Stratford, Ontario
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Stratford, Ontario
London, Ontario: Woodfield
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London, Ontario: Woodfield
London, Ontario: SoHo
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London, Ontario: SoHo
Detroit, Michigan: Grand Circus Park
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Detroit, Michigan: Grand Circus Park
Detroit, Michigan: Financial District
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Detroit, Michigan: Financial District
Guelph, Ontario
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Guelph, Ontario
St. Thomas, Ontario: Millersburg
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St. Thomas, Ontario: Millersburg
St. Thomas, Ontario
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St. Thomas, Ontario
London, Ontario: Downtown
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London, Ontario: Downtown
London, Ontario: Old East Village
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London, Ontario: Old East Village

КОМЕНТАРІ

  • @edwardsoyko7105
    @edwardsoyko7105 День тому

    I'm from Sarnia that was my grandparents hotel on front and Cromwell

  • @lincolnlawyer9704
    @lincolnlawyer9704 9 днів тому

    The picture from January of 1952 of the Capital theatre in Sarnia with the sign “Greatest Show on Earth” has great significance for my many brothers and sisters and myself. It was the first movie my parents went to see on their first date. I’ll show this to my Mom this afternoon, she still lives on her at age 92 not more than then three blocks away from this theatre.

  • @wigs9848
    @wigs9848 Місяць тому

    Benjamin, I enjoy all of your videos. Thank you for all of your time/efforts it took to create these. They are certainly appreciated even if many don't take the time to comment/give feedback. There's fascinating history in each and every village, town, city. I hope one day you make more. Many people scoff at Hamilton, but are ignorant as to its importance in helping to literally build Ontario, and Canada as a whole with untold Billions of tons of steel from what were once 2 of the largest steel mills in North America. I love strolling Aberdeen Avenue and the surrounding leafy, tree lined, well landscaped side streets, the charming houses, and trying to get a feel of the history and it's retained sense of grandeur. Cheers 🍻

  • @tiae.475
    @tiae.475 Місяць тому

    Nice job!🏦🏢🏗️

  • @DaveonTap
    @DaveonTap Місяць тому

    Nice Video and narrative. One thing of interest if you ever, is Paincourt, Grande Point. How did these outlying villages come to being.

  • @HeatherC02
    @HeatherC02 2 місяці тому

    At 9:21 the house was built by my great great grandfather William Percival 😊

  • @mrpeel3239
    @mrpeel3239 2 місяці тому

    Love the vintage postcard tour of an historic city!

  • @rossanobonito1892
    @rossanobonito1892 3 місяці тому

    This was great! ❤

  • @alberta1st
    @alberta1st 3 місяці тому

    Much better time a hundred and 30 yrs ago

  • @michaeldrew4088
    @michaeldrew4088 4 місяці тому

    The butthole of Ontario, do yourself a favor , avoid this cancer breeding shit hole

  • @JessyU13
    @JessyU13 4 місяці тому

    Awesome video!

  • @nickwilson4987
    @nickwilson4987 4 місяці тому

    When was the smoke stack district name coined? Been in London 20 years and only head of it when they painted the mural on the side of the Webster building

    • @ramblesintherustbelt
      @ramblesintherustbelt 4 місяці тому

      Believe it or not that was me. We were talking about the cluster of historic factories between Old East and Pottersburg, and we realized we needed a name for the area that was easier than just "the area between Old East and Pottersburg. So I started using "The Smokestack District" because at the time the McCormick's smokestack was still standing and the most conspicuous object in the area. And it kind of caught on. I was as surprised as anyone. I've seen it on official city reports, and there's the mural.

  • @jonathanaristone2468
    @jonathanaristone2468 4 місяці тому

    Thank you for this important historical visit, so nice to come back to an area spent a lot of time in with family.

  • @joannecohen6764
    @joannecohen6764 5 місяців тому

    I appreciate your video and narrative but your mispronunciation of place names is distracting. Hughson is pronounced Hewson. Royal Connaught is pronounced Connawt.

  • @user-to1yw8vv2k
    @user-to1yw8vv2k 5 місяців тому

    Downtown Hamilton is booming and going through a several billion dollar building blitz . The city always had amazing bones and was always underrated. Yes many treasures were lost unfortunately

  • @user-rj9rp8ez6w
    @user-rj9rp8ez6w 5 місяців тому

    Enjoyed watching this video of London and I learned the history of of my old neighborhood.I was born in St Joesph hospital and lived on Oxford St and Thornton Ave,our home was built in 1913. lwent to St George’s public school on WaterlooSt.I rented an apartment on Wellington Street across from the Anglican Church in a beautiful old Victorian home .I babysat for a family who lived in the stables which was converted into a home on St George street.I left London in 1979 and now that my parents have passed I was last there 2007.The city I grew up in has changed and so sad to see the forest city depreciate.

  • @psefti
    @psefti 5 місяців тому

    Sound is awful

  • @psefti
    @psefti 5 місяців тому

    It is no longer trinity

  • @screamingraptor4087
    @screamingraptor4087 6 місяців тому

    My great great great great great (goes on) grandpa discovered Sarnia, which is crazy to me for some reason._.

  • @patriciablahout5211
    @patriciablahout5211 7 місяців тому

    Videos are very informative, but you talk to damn fast for me to absorb all the info.

  • @haroldsmith45302
    @haroldsmith45302 7 місяців тому

    This is a potentially-interesting video. However, there is a problem with the signal-to-noise ratio of the audio track. From a communications point of view, the background music is noise. It interferes with hearing what you are saying and reduces the effectiveness of the video.

  • @BEEPbaMBOP46
    @BEEPbaMBOP46 7 місяців тому

    Thank you for giving me insight in the city that my family has been living in for over a century

  • @psefti
    @psefti 7 місяців тому

    A rich man from Dundas took a ride out to Springbank, he loosened his north belt and took off his oxfords to see what he aught to weigh and it was Normal.

  • @Tequilababs
    @Tequilababs 8 місяців тому

    Great show! My only criticism is that you should have done research on how to properly pronounce Hughson Street and the Connaught Hotel. Other than that, nice job!

  • @gordonbrooks9181
    @gordonbrooks9181 8 місяців тому

    With Hoses, buggy & rope ?

  • @psefti
    @psefti 9 місяців тому

    So to sum this up London continues to destroy amazing buildings that would have been so valuable to the tourist industry and cherished by Londoners

  • @psefti
    @psefti 9 місяців тому

    At 14:40 the old market building, I remember loving to go there as a child with my great Aunt and my grandmother, the butcher Kleebers (not sure of spelling) sold dried venison it was an amazing treat chewy delicious, Few years ago I visited Boston their downtown market is almost a replicate of our old market, it was a nostalgia trip for me back to my childhood, Smart of Boston to have not destroyed a cherished landmark that every visitor enjoys.

  • @PaleOranges
    @PaleOranges 9 місяців тому

    I wish our town still looked like this. Our history is insane

  • @tanyadescoteaux9033
    @tanyadescoteaux9033 9 місяців тому

    Great pictures but the narrator is obviously NOT from Hamilton as he can’t pronounce a lot of the landmark names and streets properly

  • @mrcdad
    @mrcdad 10 місяців тому

    Having lived in Chatham in the 60's and 70's this brings back so many memories. The architecture at Wellington and Fifth was definitely impressive.

  • @codysherman9293
    @codysherman9293 Рік тому

    If this spoke to the St Lawrence Market and University Ave Armouries, it would be perfect.

  • @selamyilma4989
    @selamyilma4989 Рік тому

    I was studying in alma college in 1980, it was a beautiful college, I was sad to learn the college burned down, . I remember my English teacher, her name was mrs.pretty

  • @ozahmed4523
    @ozahmed4523 Рік тому

    That giant tree next to the Wellington hotel. So beautiful.

  • @pavel0900
    @pavel0900 Рік тому

    Thank you for a pleasant walk around the neighborhood I’m very familiar with. So nice to hear about its rich history. (No pun intended)

  • @ching_gaming3275
    @ching_gaming3275 Рік тому

    They should've kept these old buildings I love walking around an finding all the old style buildings and such

  • @toddboley6987
    @toddboley6987 Рік тому

    Looks like this was an abandoned city first. And reoccupied. Muddy york? Horse and buggy? Old world architecture? But couldn’t build streets?

  • @Test-vl1ib
    @Test-vl1ib Рік тому

    Nice description of what remains of Toronto’s financial district gems. Since the 1950s, much of it looks like Legoland as they demolished many gorgeous old structures in favour of parking lots and boring buildings. It still pisses me off when I think of what once stood proud and beautiful to be replaced by dullness. EG The Foresters Building, Globe and Mail Building at York St, TD branch and King and Yonge, both arcades (Yonge and King St) and many more. If only they had more foresight.

  • @chrismacphail7041
    @chrismacphail7041 Рік тому

    so many churches

  • @derek4073
    @derek4073 Рік тому

    I worked at these hospitals.

  • @WanukeX
    @WanukeX Рік тому

    3:09 - The More things change the more they stay the same I see.

  • @shamanegainz8171
    @shamanegainz8171 Рік тому

    Beautiful old world antiquitech

  • @derek4073
    @derek4073 Рік тому

    You covered my old neighborhood thanks nice to see.

  • @earthboundcarson567
    @earthboundcarson567 Рік тому

    This was magnificent. Thank you so much.

  • @nwcanuck5069
    @nwcanuck5069 Рік тому

    Wellington to Talbot, then Dundas North on Richmond...You went the wrong way. Try Dundas east of Adelaide, English and Elizabeth, you can watch people shoot up in broad daylight, tweak and then get revived by paramedics with naloxone in the space of a few hours. Downtown London is a ghost town now and with no one to panhandle they are moving out of the core and into the surrounding areas.

  • @imannonymous7707
    @imannonymous7707 Рік тому

    I spent 5 years as a bike courrier riding mail around this area , I loved the work and the history I learned

  • @mj-nq4mv
    @mj-nq4mv Рік тому

    They had some beautiful architectural designs in the day. It's too bad most have been torn down or they've been destroyed by fire etc. I wonder if these structural designs were to have continued what Chatham would have looked like in today's world?

  • @amy-joe5772
    @amy-joe5772 Рік тому

    Home alone 2was filmed at the Royal York

  • @amy-joe5772
    @amy-joe5772 Рік тому

    I worked in London on Dundas Street with the carnival rides

  • @amy-joe5772
    @amy-joe5772 Рік тому

    Scabby abby

  • @amy-joe5772
    @amy-joe5772 Рік тому

    County jail is connected to the Court house