Those last two pics of abandoned cars made me think a little more about how preposterous the idea of having a bunch of abandoned stripped-out cars laying around in downtown Halifax seems, yet the photos prove that 50-ish+ years ago it wasn't all that uncommon. Here are a few on the
Halifax Municipal Archives:
Search info: 2054-2100 Upper Water St. [corner of Proctor]
Retrieval code: 102-39-1-331
1966-03-16
Dates: Mar. 16/18, 1966
Search info: 2475-2477 Barrington St.
Retrieval code: 102-39-1-528
1968-05-01
Date: June 27, 1968
Search info: Africville St., C. N. R. Roadway
Retrieval code: 102-39-1-786
[196-?]
Definitely different times!