Waterfront Redevelopment
Discovery Centre Site Strategy Development
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The City has identified the Hamilton Public Library (HPL) as the City’s partner in setting a new vision for the Discovery Centre. The HPL is leading a Study to transform the Discovery Centre into a new cultural space.
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The City of Hamilton has begun work to develop a strategy for the Hamilton Waterfront Trust Centre (former Canadian Marine Discovery Centre museum) property and adjacent lands.
The strategy for these lands will:
- Define a vision for the site; and
- Define set of actions to implement the vision.
Although these lands are situated in a strategic location within the West Harbour, the former museum building is underutilized. This is the result of several factors including the closure of the museum and subsequent change in property ownership from federal to municipal government, and constraints of applicable zoning by-law regulations in attracting new uses. The changed property ownership and planning context, property use constraints, along with the passage of time since the policy and zoning regulations were originally established, provides an opportunity to re-examine options for the use of the subject lands. Council has directed staff to commence the process to develop a long term strategy for the subject lands.
What Lands are Part of the Study Area?
The site is generally located on the western portion of Pier 8 consisting of the Hamilton Waterfront Trust Centre (former Canadian Discovery Centre Museum) and adjacent lands, known municipally as 77 Harbourside Way (formerly 57 Discovery Drive).
Specifically, the study subject lands are comprised of:
- the Hamilton Waterfront Trust Centre (former Canadian Marine Discovery Centre building);
- outdoor patio area located to the north of the building;
- landscaped area located to the east of the building;
- parking area located to the south of the building (mapping has not been updated to reflect recent changes to the parking lot configuration);
- outdoor rink and surrounding park area; and
- existing restaurant (Williams Café).
Note: Lands excluded from the Study area are the park promenade lands and lands subject to the City’s development agreement with Waterfront Shores which are generally located to the east of the Subject Lands.
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Hamilton Public Library
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Municipal Land Development Office (MLDO)
Call 905-546-2424 ext. 2085 or
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