Historic Hamilton: Lister Block Traditional Cache

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Hidden : 12/7/2011
Difficulty:
3 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size: micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

Technically my first to add in the Historic Hamilton series in honour of a well respected cacher. Extreme stealth is required as this is an VERY busy area FULL of muggles! The difficulty is at a 3 due to this reason.

Enjoy the hunt!

Historic Hamilton is a series of caches that serve to bring cachers to historic places in and around the City of Hamilton. These caches can be placed by anyone, and are not limited to one CO. If you know of a historic place that you would like to bring people to, feel free to add it to the series!

The Lister Block, first built in 1886, was destroyed by fire in 1923 and the second building was erected in 1924. This Classic Renaissance building is 32,000 square feet (3,000 m2) with Six floors and sits on the corner of James and King William Street. The original building built in 1886 only had Four floors. It was the first indoor commercial mall in Canada and is currently owned by LIUNA- Laborers' International Union of North America.[13] The building one time was also home for the local Oldies 1150 CKOC radio station which has been on the air since May 1, 1922 and as of the year 2000 is the oldest radio station in English Canada, second oldest overall.

The Lister Block is named for Joseph Lister, the original owner, who was a merchant, clothier, member of the city's Board of Water Commissioners and school trustee. His goal was to build a "most modern and central accommodation" for small merchants at modest rent.

It was the centre of community life in Hamilton for much of the last century. It was built with excellent materials and workmanship during prosperous times in the city before stock markets crashed in 1929. One of the few buildings of its type in Ontario west of Toronto. Its style is more frequently seen in American Great Lakes cities.

After a very lengthy debate involving City representatives and the property owners, and thanks to a Heritage Report conducted by Architect companies from both Ottawa and Buffalo, dated September 23, 2009, the Historic Lister Block was found to be stable enough to be restored to it's original luster, saving many of the original architectual details. As of December, 2011, the building itself has yet to officially reopen for business, but I believe that when it does, it has the potential to draw people back to the downtown Hamilton core in drones.

See the related web link to view the Heritage Report mentioned above.
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Happy hunting! Cache you later...

Congrats to geO Kacher for the FTF!

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Unir n frng naq guvax nobhg lbhe fheebhaqvatf.

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)

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