These are not new projects but a locally well-known person who did great heritage restoration projects, Hal Forbes, passed away a little while ago. Noticed in Nova Scotia posted a few examples of his work. These are what you might call creative restorations; they are examples of reconstructing ornamentation that similar buildings might have had at one time.
I love these buildings and wish every old rowhouse covered in vinyl siding in North End Halifax could get this sort of treatment (or maybe 3/4 of them, with 1/4 getting modern overhauls).
This old building that used to be tucked under the Macdonald bridge was also mentioned. Look at how great it was:
It was actually a strange shape and was in this state back in the 60's or 70's:
The full post is here:
https://halifaxbloggers.ca/noticedin...not-forgotten/