Corsini’s was more than just a grocery store when it set up shop in 1928 on James Street North in #Hamilton. It was a place where Italian immigrants found what they needed to make a new home. The once-bustling strip was later hit hard by the recession, but is now a creative hub for newcomers of another sort who have given it a new lease on life.

“We had five department stores that I remember, and I remember even as a kid, as a teenager, buying stuff in them. – Graham Crawford, Hamilton, ON