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[[Image:JacksonStreetHamilton.JPG|right|400px|thumb|Corner of Jackson and James Streets]]
'''Jackson Street''', is a Lower City collector road in [[Hamilton, Ontario]], Canada. It starts off West of [[Locke Street (Hamilton, Ontario)|Locke Street South]] at ''Jackson Playground'' as a one-way street (Westbound) up to [[Queen Street (Hamilton, Ontario)|Queen Street South]] where it then switches over to a two-way street and is interrupted at [[Bay Street (Hamilton)|Bay Street South]] the site of the [[Hamilton City Hall]] and the [[Canadian Football Hall of Fame]] (museum), resumes again East of the property on [[MacNab Street (Hamilton, Ontario)|MacNab Street South]] and then ends at [[Wellington Street (Hamilton, Ontario)|Wellington Street South]].

==History==
''Jackson Street'' is named after [[Edward Jackson (manufacturer)|Edward Jackson]], (1799–1872), tinware manufacturer.<ref name=HAMBIO1>{{cite book|title=Dictionary of Hamilton Biography (Vol I, 1791-1875)|first=Thomas Melville |last=Bailey|publisher=W.L. Griffin Ltd|year=1981}}</ref> Originally ''Jackson Street'' was called ''Tyburn Street'' and later ''Maiden Lane''. It is now named after ''Edward Jackson''.<ref name=FOOTSTEPS>{{cite book|title=Footsteps In Time: Exploring Hamilton's heritage neighbourhoods|first=Bill |last=Manson |publisher=North Shore Publishing Inc|year=2003|isbn= 1-896899-22-6}}</ref>

[[CHCH]] TV 11 began broadcasting in 1954 as a [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|CBC]] affiliate from a transmitter located at 481 First Road West in [[Stoney Creek, Ontario|Stoney Creek]]. At the time, all private stations were required to be CBC affiliates.<ref name=chtv>{{cite web|title=CH TV Hamilton History |url=http://www.canada.com/chtv/hamilton/info/history.html |access-date=2007-04-23 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060129104620/http://www.canada.com/chtv/hamilton/info/history.html |archive-date=January 29, 2006 }}</ref> The [[CHCH Television Tower]] is a 357.5 metre-high guyed [[TV]] mast which is the primary transmitter for television station CHCH-TV. When it was built in 1960, the CHCH Television Tower became the tallest structure in Canada.<ref name="chtv"/> In 1961, ''CHCH'' disaffiliated from the [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|CBC]] and became an independent TV station.<ref name="chtv"/> In 1974, CHCH TV 11 was first in the world with the television premiere of [[The Godfather]].<ref name="chtv"/>

Hamilton is also home to the [[Canadian Football Hall of Fame]] museum. The museum hosts an annual induction event in a week-long celebration that includes school visits, a golf tournament, a formal induction dinner and concludes with the Hall of Fame game involving the local [[Canadian Football League|CFL]] [[Hamilton Tiger-Cats]] at Ivor Wynne Stadium.<ref name=hallfame>{{cite web|title=Five more walk into Canadian Football's hallowed shrine |url=http://www.hamiltonscores.com/football/news/?article=092922426 |publisher=Hamilton Scores! |access-date=2007-04-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070301084350/http://www.hamiltonscores.com/football/news/?article=092922426 |archive-date=2007-03-01 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name=IVORW>{{cite web|url=http://football.ballparks.com/CFL/Hamilton/index.htm|title=Ivor Wynne Stadium Information|access-date=2007-04-23}}</ref>

==Landmarks==
[[Image:CanadianFootballHallofFame.JPG|right|thumb|The [[Canadian Football Hall of Fame]]]]
[[Image:CHTVStudioBuilding.JPG|right|thumb|CH TV 11 Studios, just West of Hess Street South]]
''Note: Listing of Landmarks from West to East.''
*Jackson Playground
*Locke Street Shopping district (Antique shops, Art galleries, Cafes & fine dining Restaurants) 
*[[CHCH-TV]] 11 Studios
*old [[Bell Telephone Company|Bell Telephone]] building converted to lofts.
*Bay 200, residential apartment building (Hamilton's 10th-tallest building) 
*[[Hamilton City Hall]] (back end)
*[[Canadian Football Hall of Fame]] (museum)
*Downtown [[YWCA]]
*[[Whitehern]] (museum)
*Downtown [[YMCA]]
*James Street South Shopping District
*Hamilton Courthouse (back-end) 
*''United International Laborers Union of North America'' building
*New Horizon Office Building (Tailgate Charlie's restaurant/ bar)

==Communities==
''Note: Listing of neighbourhoods from West to East.'' <ref name=BOUND>{{cite web|title=Hamilton Neighbourhood Boundaries, (map.hamilton.ca) |url=http://map.hamilton.ca/Static/PDFs/General%20Interest%20maps/Overall%20City/NeighbourhoodBoundaries.pdf |access-date=2007-05-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927235056/http://map.hamilton.ca/Static/PDFs/General%20Interest%20maps/Overall%20City/NeighbourhoodBoundaries.pdf |archive-date=2007-09-27 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*[[Kirkendall (Hamilton, Ontario)|Kirkendall]]
*[[Durand (Hamilton, Ontario)|Durand]]
*[[Corktown (Hamilton, Ontario)|Corktown]]

==References==
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*MapArt [[Golden Horseshoe]] Atlas - Page 647 - Grids G10, G11, G12, G13

==External links==
*[http://www.downtownhamilton.org Downtown Hamilton]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070519000132/http://www.durandna.com/ Durand Neighbourhood]
*[http://kirkendallhood.ca Kirkendall Neighbourhood]
*[https://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=Jackson+St+E,+Hamilton,+Hamilton,+Ontario,+Canada&sll=43.247954,-79.828892&sspn=0.06552,0.159645&layer=&ie=UTF8&z=16&ll=43.253346,-79.864018&spn=0.008189,0.019956&t=h&om=1&iwloc=addr Google Maps: Jackson Street (Hybrid)]

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