A few shots of the Halifax area's gloomier sides, from a recent CBC article on the clusters of cheap but gentrifying midcentury apartments that I've mentioned a few times lately. Of course, buildings like these ones are scattered all over the urban area, but there are a handful of areas that are really dominated by them. Fairview/Dutch Village has a lot of these too and that's one area that's really been gentrifying lately.
Pinecrest-Highfield area of North Dartmouth:
Same area but looking out towards the Basin. The vacant land to the left of the bridge on the Dartmouth side is the abandoned/demolished Shannon Park (defunct military housing):
The 500 Block of Herring Cove Road in Spryfield, actually really close to my high school. The side streets are a mix of mid-market 60s SFHs, brand new McMansions and tract subdivisions, these dreary CMHC-type apartment buildings in various states of disrepair, a large public housing project, and a trailer park thrown in for good measure. It looks a bit less depressing when the trees have leaves
Bonus - rare "rear view" of the South End skyline:
Source: A Telecom Giant's Secret World of Low-Income Housing
Eviction warnings, poverty and how wealthy firms quietly control swaths of affordable housing in the Halifax area (CBC)