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Originally Posted by OldDartmouthMark
Another pic from the Municipal Archives of the corner of Hollis Street and Buckingham Street, with Granville Street in the background. Today, that section of Granville is the Granville Mall and the main building in the photo is the one with the "Welcome To Historic Properties" sign on it.
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To make it more obvious:
Compare it to the early 1960s map:
Weird, eh? |
It shows how easy it would have been to keep Buckingham Street without really sacrificing much space for Scotia Square. If they could have foreseen the distant future (the present) then they could have had street level retail along Buckingham Street to make it inviting for pedestrians.
It is sad to think of how little planning would have been required to make Scotia Square a much more pedestrian friendly complex.