Here are some photos taken recently in the North End of Halifax. This was historically the poorest "inner city" area and was hit hard by urban renewal in the 50s, 60s, and 70s.
Halifax is one of the oldest cities in Canada and this is one of its oldest neighbourhoods. The oldest buildings in the North End date back to the 1750s and the vernacular architecture of this neighbourhood probably can't be found outside of the Maritimes.
This is an aerial of the North End taken in 1929. The large building near the top of the photo is the Armoury, which is shown later in the thread. Most of the buildings in this photo were torn down in the 1950s and 60s:
Here's the neighbourhood in Google Maps:
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=e...,0.011759&om=1
Commercial building being rehabbed on Agricola Street:
Entrance on Agricola:
Another renovated commercial building. The street is at the centre of a growing artistic community and has a number of galleries, antique shops, etc. To some degree it has supplanted Gottingen, the original retail street of the North End:
Maynard Street rowhouses:
Creighton Street rowhouses:
Apartment building on Cornwallis Street:
It used to look like this:
Another small house:
Apartment building on Cogswell Street:
Black Educators' Association of Nova Scotia, on Gottingen Street:
A small storefront behind the BEANS with some new rowhouses (note the gates in front):
A couple of blue three storey buildings:
Old rowhouses:
The walls of this house are not at 90 degree angles:
The Armouries, constructed in 1896, are one of the landmarks in this neighbourhood:
Maitland Terrace:
A mix of old and new rowhouses:
"Contemporary" black rowhouses:
Another landmark, St. George's, was built in 1800:
Across the street, remnants of the 18th century:
Condos going up on Cunard Street:
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