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Originally Posted by someone123
Halifax has grown a lot and gotten a lot of development since, but it's too bad it didn't grow just a bit more during that 1995-2015 era. It would have been nice to get 1 prominent office tower like that plus at least 1 major residential tower development downtown like the original "Twisted Sisters".
The office developments of around 2015 were okay but a bit lackluster and less impressive than the 80s. I'm talking about projects like Waterside Centre for RBC. The exception is TD, although it was a reno rather than full new construction. Maybe it would have been better if the RBC tower had been overhauled instead of something smaller being built in the Historic Properties area.
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Replied, then saw your comment. Always on point, someone123.
The flatiron iteration of International Place and the failed Salter St development on that ugly site with the volleyball courts and the weird beach were possibly the two major losses.
International Place flatiron (I think, somehow, this lot has now been scuttled by naysayers?). I would have thought it was still available for Crombie to develop.
Salter block
It's actually incredibly frustrating to think about the influence anti-development people had in the run of the late 90s until the pandemic. We'd have a lot more housing and the city would be more vibrant.