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This modern Halifax house embeds itself in the urban mix
JONATHAN WADDELL
HALIFAX — Special to The Globe and Mail
Published Thursday, Jun. 18, 2015 8:04AM EDT
Last updated Friday, Jun. 19, 2015 12:28PM EDT
With concrete walls and metal siding, the Prix de Rome-winning architect Susan Fitzgerald’s Live/Work/Grow home mirrors its industrious neighbours on King Street in north-end Halifax. And that’s just the way she wants it.
There are the service bays of a car dealership, from which the whir of the pneumatic tools punch into the street. There is a tire shop and car-detailing centre, a café and coffee roaster, a crematorium and recycling depot. Dotted between the concrete buildings and dirt lots, enclosed by chain-linked fences, are a few remaining examples of the north end Halifax row house.
Unlike other parts of Halifax, Ms. Fitzgerald could build this house in the north end because zoning allows for residential and commercial mix.
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