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Originally Posted by ILoveHalifax
Your eyes are much better than mine. I think the elevators are further east but not sure and I have no idea when they were built - I think it was long before me
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The elevators were built in stages. The first stage was within ten years of the Halifax Explosion. The pre-explosion elevators were between Downtown and where the MacDonald Bridge now stands. The rail cut was built immediately after the explosion which allowed the train station, main port, and grain elevator to move to the South End.
Dresden Row runs north-south. Clear all of the post-1950 obstructions in the way (The Vuze, City Centre Atlantic, Spring Garden Place, ect) and this vieww would still exist.
P.S. The house visible at the foot of Dresden Row is still standing (5628 Morris Street). The row building on the foreground left is still around and is now mostly restaurants. The reddish building on left with the two cars out front is the newly built
Dresden Row Lofts