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Originally Posted by Keith P.
While Gottingen overall seems about as slummy then as now, it was interesting to see that Glubes and New York Dress were still operating there in one section of the film, and that the Casino Theater, although apparently closed, still looked respectable, while the old Vogue/Eve Theater looked like it was ready to fall down. Today, the Casino has been replaced by Theater Lofts while the Vogue building has found new life as Global TV's studios.
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It's interesting to note that the low point for Gottingen was more like 1998-2005. It looks noticeably better in the video and noticeably better today than it did at its worst. It's unfortunate that there wasn't a little more overlap between the era when these old businesses were still holding on and recent gentrification. Maybe more of the old stuff would have survived. Unfortunately this is a drawback of NIMBYism/red tape and bungled projects like St. Pat's-A.
I think one day people will look back at pictures from Halifax in the mid-late 90's and early last decade as a kind of low point for the inner city.