General Updates and News

[alps]

Here's a little highway map with the 113 and the Burnside Expressway (107 extension) for anyone like me who might have trouble visualizing how new highways tie into everything.



kinda sloppy geographically (118 is off especially) but you get the idea

[FuzzyWuz]

Forgive me if I'm being dense, but did we ever get any info on the HUGE DEVELOPMENT that Jonovision mentioned a while back?

[cormiermax]

Originally Posted by FuzzyWuz

Forgive me if I'm being dense, but did we ever get any info on the HUGE DEVELOPMENT that Jonovision mentioned a while back?

Yeah I think it was that the Fenwick developer wanted to build more high rises in that area.

[worldlyhaligonian]

Originally Posted by FuzzyWuz

Forgive me if I'm being dense, but did we ever get any info on the HUGE DEVELOPMENT that Jonovision mentioned a while back?

Yeah, look in the Fenwick thread... Jono included a map of the whole site and there is a discussion of other aspects of the plan for Fenwick.

[FuzzyWuz]

Call me officially retarded. Where is the Fenwick thread? I've tried to find it to no avail.

[Jonovision]

I think its in the urban design section.

[FuzzyWuz]

got it. thanks

[hfx_chris]

Retard

[Dmajackson]

Lol.

Don't feel stupid that happens to me all the time.

[Jonovision]

From this weeks Coast:

Evictions, closings and demolitions sweep through downtown
Historic Properties under provincial clean-up order
POSTED BY TIM BOUSQUET ON WED, OCT 28, 2009 AT 10:19 AM
Businesses are closing and buildings are coming down in the heart of downtown.

Perks: evicted
Perks Coffee next to the Halifax ferry terminal was closed abruptly Tuesday afternoon when a bailiff from the sheriff's department showed up with an eviction order, says Perks owner Marshia Inkpen, who Wednesday was seeking a court order to quash the eviction.

As of press time Wednesday, landlord Michel Lindthaler hasn't returned a call for comment, and the coffee house remains closed. We'll let the situation play out on our online Shoptalk section.


Historic Properties: business Closings
Next door, at Historic Properties, Just Us and Loaf and Ladle closed operations earlier this month after employees complained of "a strong chemical odour that resulted in symptoms including sore throat, headaches, nausea, fatigue and disorientation," according to a report written by Shelley Gray, an inspector with the provincial labour and workforce development department.
Gray could not find a definitive source for the smell, but noted several possibilities: cleaning agents used in the nearby women's washroom, sewer gasses backing up through a grease trap and rats in an adjacent pump room. She issued three orders to Armour Group Limited, landlord at Historic Properties; the firm must seal pipes in a dish pit area, implement a pest management program and monitor carbon dioxide levels in the mall.

Mike Foster, Armour's manager of the property, declined to comment. The chemical smell was still noticeable Monday afternoon. The work is to by completed by November 9.


O'Carrolls: to be gutted
Armour is also poised to begin razing the buildings across the street from Historic Properties to make way for construction of the controversial Waterside Centre development. Demolition workers were on site Monday, and O'Carroll's Restaurant and Irish Pub will close this weekend.
The Tim Hortons on Barrington at Sackville is closing this weekend as well, reportedly due in part to an oil spill in the basement.


Roy Building: to be gutted.
And councillor Dawn Sloane confirms that Lou Reznick, owner of several Barrington Street properties, will bring his proposal for the Roy Building before city council in November. Reznick wants to tear down the Roy, with the exception of its facade, and erect a 17-storey building in its stead.
Reznick also owns the old Sam the Record Man building across the street. The rear of that property has been leased by for the rear atrium section of Victor Syperek's Economy Shoe Shop. "He doesn't seem to know what he wants to do with the space," says Syperek of Reznick. "He won't sign a lease so our hands are tied."

Syperek, whose business is under creditor protection by order of the bankruptcy court (The Coast remains a creditor), is closing the atrium and putting his efforts into renovating the rest of the Shoe.


Herald Building: to be demolished
Lastly, one block up, workers are preparing for the demolition of the old Chronicle-Herald building. Expect it to start coming down within the next month.

[worldlyhaligonian]

Some good news in there... it will be awesome to see the herald building gone.

[someone123]

I find Tim Bousquet's slanted, negative writing style pretty tiresome.

Hopefully they will unveil some new designs for the Roy Building proposal. That's exactly the kind of thing Barrington needs, assuming it's designed properly. Waterside Centre's also a good idea for Historic Properties. Fundamentally, the reason why those places are quiet and have a problem supporting businesses is that they don't have enough density to support their retail spaces. It was fine in 1880 when people lived in 1/4 as much space and did all of their shopping downtown, but those days are long gone.

[kph06]

Work on the Bayers Road Shopping center parking garage is underway. Earthwork and foundations are done, and the structure may start as early as next monday. It will only be 2 levels tall, presumably making 3 levels of parking with the main floor. A.W Leil's crawler crane is starting to arrive on-site and a couple smaller ones will be used when working under the transmission power lines near the tracks.

[miesh111]

That garage is to be completed by January.

[kph06]

So the coast has voted Dawn Sloane as best councilor. See here. What a disgrace. But, Peter Kelly getting re-elected was third for worst thing to happen, at least some logic. Oddly enough, best thing to happen was the Paul McCartney concert, and the runner up for worst was concert on the commons. Did Sir Paul play a secret show somewhere else in the city?

[terrynorthend]

Originally Posted by kph06

So the coast has voted Dawn Sloane as best councilor. See here. What a disgrace. But, Peter Kelly getting re-elected was third for worst thing to happen, at least some logic. Oddly enough, best thing to happen was the Paul McCartney concert, and the runner up for worst was concert on the commons. Did Sir Paul play a secret show somewhere else in the city?

Welcome to the Coast (and its target readership)

[Jonovision]

Museum society to get waterfront building

By DAVENE JEFFREY Staff Reporter
Wed. Nov 11 - 4:46 AM
The Dartmouth Heritage Museum Society is getting a new waterfront home.

Regional council voted Tuesday night to give the society exclusive rights to the former Dartmouth city hall building, whenever it becomes available.

"I’m delighted," said Coun. Gloria McCluskey (Dartmouth Centre), a former Dartmouth mayor.

"We have 80 volunteers with the Dartmouth Heritage Museum Society and they will be very pleased.

"It won’t be happening next year, but it will be happening as soon as they can be there."

The Halifax regional school board is now in the building, located next to the ferry terminal, and has not announced when it intends to move.

Once all the details are in place, the society will have to do some fundraising to pay for renovations and to move Dartmouth’s 45,000-artifact collection to the new museum site, Ms. McCluskey said.

The artifacts are now in storage in a Burnside Park warehouse. The longer the collection lingers in a location without ideal temperature and humidity control, the greater the likelihood the pieces will deteriorate, she said.

Dartmouth used to have its own museum on Wyse Road but that building is now demolished.

"We were the only municipality with a full-time museum with a curator," Ms. McCluskey boasted.

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[Dmajackson]

I noticed last night on my way home they have begun restoration work on the red brick building at Almon @ Windsor.

Does anyone know anymore details about the upgrades and what might move in there?

[Jonovision]

That reminds me as well that restoration work on City Hall has begun.

[Keith P.]

Originally Posted by Jonovision

That reminds me as well that restoration work on City Hall has begun.

Has it ever stopped?