When does the floating bridge go in? A CBC article earlier in this thread referenced May 1, but there is no sign of a bridge down there yet!

Yeah, I'm getting very impatient for that to go in. The fact that, as a pedestrian, I have to bounce back and forth between the different sides of Lower Water Street to get from Morris to the ferry is really starting to grind on me.

Hmmm... scheduling for the floating bridge construction seems somewhat vague.

From this March 9 article in the Chronicle Herald, construction on it should already have started:

http://thechronicleherald.ca/busines...g-train-bridge

However, Waterfront Development is being somewhat less committal in that they are saying "spring" in one document:

https://my-waterfront.ca/2017/04/28/...ax-waterfront/

...and "summer" on this map:

http://my-waterfront.ca/wp/wp-conten...2017_01_20.jpg

http://my-waterfront.ca/2016/12/14/q...on-mitigation/

If WDC is responsible for the floating bridge they will probably have it ready in about 10 years. They are not noted for their swift action.

Yes. The weather is getting nicer now, and I have a little waterfront loop I like to walk at lunch in the summer. It's so far been hampered.

For those who walk by there daily: has any construction started for the temporary bridge?

These two webcams will show the bridge which doesn't look like it has even started yet.

https://www.novascotiawebcams.com/en...s/cable-wharf/

https://www.novascotiawebcams.com/en...useum-wharves/

Ah... great idea. I hadn't thought of consulting the webcams. :tup:

JET posted this in Halifax Photos --> Old Halifax.

I thought I'd add it here as it's pertinent for this thread as well:

http://thechronicleherald.ca/metro/1...-queens-marque

The granite property markers he is talking about are explained well in Stephen Archibald's "Noticed In Nova Scotia" blog:

http://halifaxbloggers.ca/noticedinn...ur-boundaries/

There is a granite marker on camp hill right be the Veteran's Memorial Building as well. Cool that they keep finding them around the city.

It is great that the markers will be incorporated into the final project. Hopefully they will also have pictures of the excavated foundations and display that. This will be a whole lot better than lighthouses (as in the Trillium) :)

They have a few pictures of the marker and other artifacts here: https://twitter.com/QueensMarque/media

A floating bridge = an undulating 'bridge'
I think the Coast Guard will have concerns about any structure that is 'floating'
There is a floating walkway on the north side of Murphy's, so now picture that in an open and unprotected space.
Would you like grandma walking along it with a 3 year old or an 9 year old ?

That's very cool! Thanks for posting that.

I agree that the best outcome will be to incorporate the markers in the final project. :tup:

Thanks for posting, Mark. Very much enjoyed this. Apparently they found a medallion just the other day. Also on Twitter.

Glad you enjoyed it. I am fascinated with stuff like this - artifacts that haven't seen the light of day in a century - there's no history that's more 'real' than this.

Really gives one a sense of the many 'lives' of an area - how over the years the waterfront has meant so many things - and has provided so many different experiences - to so many people.

...And it's about to enter a new chapter with the Queen's Marque project. Very cool.

I always felt those kind of finds were evidence of just how little our forebears cared about sanitation or the value of those items.

That is likely the truth, Keith. Practicality and financial sense has always been at the top of the list for any redevelopment, and perhaps rightly so as without a business case it's not getting done.

Additionally, 'recent history' has little value when work has to be done, and items such as those stone markers would not have been regarded as significant once they outlived their usefulness as actual markers. Besides, they would have been heavy to remove and they would make great fill.

From what I've read, it has only been in the last 40 years or so that any kind of urban archaeology has been done in Halifax when an old site was redeveloped. There were many developments done before the 1980s where old buildings were torn down, a hole was dug, and any artifacts that might have been contained in the removed material were hauled off and dumped unceremoniously at another location, whether as fill or otherwise.

Over the passage of time, however, we (a generalization) have realized the value of researching our own history, and thus have decided to put rules in place such that historical sites like this require some archaeology before construction can begin. So, what was once probably considered excellent fill material will now be displayed as a link to the site's military past.

But, yes, I think in general our forebears were simply concerned with survival and getting things done, and didn't take great pains to try to preserve such things. :2cents:

http://68.media.tumblr.com/ac5c596d7...dq8o3_1280.jpg
Halifax Developments Blog (Photo by David Jackson)

Spoke with a person who knows what is happening with the 'floating walkway'.
Coast Guard does have concerns and no definite date for the walkway. Policing the walkway 24/7 will be a problem.