Parkdale Avenue (Hamilton, Ontario)

Parkdale Avenue, is a Lower City arterial road in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. It starts off just South of "Lawrence Road" at "Hixon Road" and is a two-way street throughout, stretching northward through the city's "North End" industrial neighbourhood and ends just north of the "Burlington Street East" overpass at the front gates of Proscor, a scrap & waste management company.

History

"Orlick Industries Ltd." is owned by "David Braley", owner of the CFL's B.C. Lions cite web| title = Hamilton Spectator article: David Braley| url=http://www.hamiltonspectator.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=hamilton/Layout/Article_Type1&call_pageid=1014656316146&c=Article&cid=1155765013226| accessdate = 2007-03-31] and the "Pat Quinn Parkdale Arena" is named after Hamiltonian and former NHL GM and Coach, Pat Quinn. cite book|title=The Canadian Hockey Atlas|first=Stephen|last=Cole|publisher=Doubleday Canada|year=2006|id=ISBN 978-0-385-66093-8 (0-385-66093-6)] From 1919-to-1988, the Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. of Canada was situated in the city's "North End" just West of "Parkdale Avenue North". cite web| title = History of Industry in Hamilton, Ontario| url=http://web.archive.org/web/20060206234910/collections.ic.gc.ca/industrial/intro.htm| accessdate = 2007-04-02]

"Columbian Chemicals Ltd." on "755 Parkdale Avenue North", are manufacturers of carbon black - an agent used to reinforce and extend the life of products made with rubber, giving it durability and strength. This includes tires and hoses and plastics such as wire and cable coverings. Carbon black is also used in inks and coatings like copier and computer printer cartridges and paints. The Hamilton plant was built in 1961 and in 2007 employed 100 people. cite press release| title = Who does what? (Columbian Chemicals)| publisher =The Hamilton Spectator| date =2007-03-07| accessdate = 2007-04-03]

Landmarks

"Note: Listing of Landmarks from North to South."
*Proscor (scrap & waste management), on "Strathearne Avenue" just West of "Parkdale Avenue North".
*Columbian Chemicals Canada Ltd.
*Petro-Canada station & truck stop
**Burlington Street overpass
*Parkdale Warehouse & Distribution
*1-800 Got Junk? (World's Largest Junk Removal Service)
*Tinnerman Connection Engineering
*RONA Cashway Building Centres
*CanCore Industries Inc. (Heat Exchange Specialists)
*Good Year/ Benson Tire Centre
*Parkdale Auto Centre
*Springer's Meats Inc.
*Coilpac Inc. (specializing in warehousing, packaging and custom slitting for the steel industry)
*UFCW Canada, Locals 175 and 633, building
*Dofasco Steel, Gate #10
*Teamsters Union, Local No. 879, building
*Tor-Ham Packaging building, (back-end)
*CN Metals Distribution Centre
*Canadian National railway tracks
*Orlick Industries Ltd. (headquarters)
*Parkdale Industrial Mall
*Ford Eastgate dealership
*Hyundai car dealership
*Coca-Cola bottling company
*Hamilton Doublerink Arena (2 rinks), off of "Barton Street"
*The Beer Store
*Parkdale Square, 5-storey apartment building
*George & Mary's Tavern & Banquet Centre
*Ebu Bekir Islamic Centre
*Vittoria Apartments, 18-storey building off of "Melvin Avenue"
*Harley-Davidson Motor Cycles dealership
*Bol-O-Drome Banquet Centre (Bowling lanes & Banquet centre)
*Parkdale Elementary School
*Victory Christian Centre
*24 Hours Coin Car Wash facility
*Faith Baptist Church
*Parkdale Park
*Pat Quinn Parkdale Arena & Pool
*St.Eugene's Church
*Parkdale Medical Centre
**Parkdale at this spot is a bridge that overpasses Lawrence Road
*Parkdale Avenue South hangs a right here and street name changes to "Hixon Road"
*Red Hill Valley Trail

Communities

"Note: Listing of neighbourhoods from North to South" cite web| title = Hamilton Neighbourhood Boundaries, (map.hamilton.ca)| url=http://map.hamilton.ca/Static/PDFs/General%20Interest%20maps/Overall%20City/NeighbourhoodBoundaries.pdf| accessdate = 2007-05-11]
*North End - Everything north of the Canadian National Railway tracks
*Normanhurst/ McQuesten West, "Parkdale Avenue" is the division between these two neighbourhoods.
*Glenview West/ Glenview East

Major roads that cross Parkdale Avenue

"Note: Listing of streets from North to South."
*Burlington Street East
*Barton Street East
*Main Street East
*Queenston Road
*King Street East
*"Lawrence Road"

Roads that are parallel with Parkdale Avenue

"Note: Listing of streets from West to East."
*Wentworth Street, North, South
*Sherman Avenue, North, South
*Gage Avenue, North, South
*Ottawa Street, North, South
*Kenilworth Avenue, North, South
*Cochrane Road
*Parkdale Avenue, North, South
*Red Hill Valley Parkway
*Nash Road, North, South
*Woodward Avenue
*Centennial Parkway, North, South
*Lake Avenue, North, Drive
*Gray Road

References

*MapArt Golden Horseshoe Atlas - Page 648 - Grids E19, F19, G19, H19, J19

External links

* [http://www.northendneighbours.blogspot.com/ North End Neighbours]
* [http://www.freenet.hamilton.on.ca/link/forhv/newsletter/news01apr/news01apr_citizen.htm Friends of Red Hill Valley]
* [http://www.escarpment.org/ Niagara Escarpment Commission (NEC) Official web site]
* [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=Parkdale+Avenue+N,+Hamilton,+Hamilton,+Ontario,+Canada&sll=43.249892,-79.805889&sspn=0.032759,0.107975&layer=&ie=UTF8&z=14&ll=43.249829,-79.80443&spn=0.032759,0.107975&t=h&om=1&iwloc=addr Google Maps: Parkdale Avenue (Hybrid)]