[someone123]

This is a good example of what I meant when I pointed out that wood buildings can be great and Halifax often has impressive historic buildings that aren't fully appreciated.

The National School building on the corner is wood but it's quite a nice and rare building, with a tall stone foundation, 3.5 storeys, involvement with the Titanic story, and it was built in 1817. There are few buildings like it in Canada.

The 3 storey wooden one next to the parish hall seems less distinctive but is a "background" building that adds to a historic streetscape. And for that demolition all the city got was an ugly parking lot.

Had the whole row been preserved it would have been a great heritage streetscape. And this still would have been just a small fraction of the original land in that area, with most having gone to modern development (Metro Centre and so on).