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Originally Posted by skyscraper_1
What other neighborhoods in the HRM could/should be preserved? I agree that certain neighborhoods should be kept intact as long as residents realize that other districts like Spring Garden are going to develop in another direction. For example, just because you can see a potential high rise doesn't mean it is going to destroy the feel of the neighborhood.
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Schmidtville - working class artisan's suburbs 1840s-1860s
Maynard/Creighton/Falkland - 1860s-1870s working class
Fuller Terrace and some surrounding streets - maybe some of the nicest streets in Halifax - 1890s?
West St./Moran St./Sarah St. - 1870s - 1880s?
Outside of those areas maybe the city could take an analagous approach to ecological conservation. Look for the best examples of each "urban ecosystem" and conserve them to represent the bigger picture. I mean there is so much intact 1900-1920s streetcar suburbs left that preserving all of it would be overkill. War time housing would be a similar idea - preserve something that best represents that urban form.
There's definetly some quality stuff out there - I'm a neophyte at this heritage thing I'm probably missing a lot.