Found Photos

[fenwick16]

Originally Posted by ScovaNotian

This seems to be what the Halifax Forum used to look like:


Source for all images: http://www.gov.ns.ca/nsarm/ .

Do you mean that this is what was at the Halifax Forum site before the forum was built?

[someone123]

Those were exhibition grounds much larger than the site of the current Forum. There was also a racetrack, etc. The Forum is all that survives as far as I know, despite the fact that it was not the most distinguished building in that area.

And yeah, that's the Barrington and South apartment building. I forget the old name of the hotel.

[fenwick16]

Originally Posted by someone123

Those were exhibition grounds much larger than the site of the current Forum. There was also a racetrack, etc. The Forum is all that survives as far as I know, despite the fact that it was not the most distinguished building in that area.

And yeah, that's the Barrington and South apartment building. I forget the old name of the hotel.

Was this torn down or was it demolished in the Halifax explosion?

[cormiermax]

Ferry terminal area circa 1986



by pharaoh221

[ScovaNotian]

Originally Posted by someone123

And yeah, that's the Barrington and South apartment building. I forget the old name of the hotel.

I should have posted the complete links. Here they are:
http://www.gov.ns.ca/nsarm/virtual/i...ives.asp?ID=94
http://www.gov.ns.ca/nsarm/virtual/i...ives.asp?ID=40
http://www.gov.ns.ca/nsarm/virtual/i...ives.asp?ID=50
http://www.gov.ns.ca/nsarm/virtual/i...ives.asp?ID=48
It was the Elmwood Hotel.

[fenwick16]

Originally Posted by ScovaNotian

This seems to be what the Halifax Forum used to look like:

Thanks for posting the images. This is what it looked like after the Halifax Explosion (1917) - below . I assume that this was torn down soon after the Halifax Explosion, and later replaced by the Halifax Forum in 1929 (the Halifax Forum has a lot of history). (I had never heard of the Main Exhibit building before, at Almon and Windsor). It looks like Halifax lost many interesting buildings in the Explosion.

(source: http://www.bing.com/reference/semhtm...osion?src=refl )

[halifaxboyns]

Originally Posted by fenwick16

Thanks for posting the images. This is what it looked like after the Halifax Explosion (1917) - below . I assume that this was torn down soon after the Halifax Explosion, and later replaced by the Halifax Forum in 1929 (the Halifax Forum has a lot of history). (I had never heard of the Main Exhibit building before, at Almon and Windsor). It looks like Halifax lost many interesting buildings in the Explosion.

(source: http://www.bing.com/reference/semhtm...osion?src=refl )

This is much like Victoria Park here in calgary - it had a building very similar and if you look at it from the past; it was a vast exhibition grounds. Now it's the stampede grounds and looks nothing like the old photos. It's a shame such a nice old building was lost.

[worldlyhaligonian]

Originally Posted by fenwick16

Thanks for posting the images. This is what it looked like after the Halifax Explosion (1917) - below . I assume that this was torn down soon after the Halifax Explosion, and later replaced by the Halifax Forum in 1929 (the Halifax Forum has a lot of history). (I had never heard of the Main Exhibit building before, at Almon and Windsor). It looks like Halifax lost many interesting buildings in the Explosion.

(source: http://www.bing.com/reference/semhtm...osion?src=refl )

This would be a cool design inspiration for an entrance to a stadium... moreso the tower part than the facad/roofline.

[worldlyhaligonian]

Also, there are tons of amazing pictures up on flickr right now if you search "halifax" and then sort by most recent.

I can't seem to figure out how to post from flickr now that they have some sort of web 2.0 thing going on.

[Keith P.]

Originally Posted by fenwick16

Thanks for posting the images. This is what it looked like after the Halifax Explosion (1917) - below . I assume that this was torn down soon after the Halifax Explosion, and later replaced by the Halifax Forum in 1929 (the Halifax Forum has a lot of history). (I had never heard of the Main Exhibit building before, at Almon and Windsor). It looks like Halifax lost many interesting buildings in the Explosion.

(source: http://www.bing.com/reference/semhtm...osion?src=refl )

Actually, the Halifax Forum was separate from the Exhibition Building. I remember as a kid in the mid-60s going to the Atlantic Winter Fair at the Forum and there was a structure called the Exhibition Building off to the side of the Forum, where the Canada Post customer parking lot now sits. It was a brick structure, 3 floors in height IIRC. They used to show the prize-winning pies, etc in there among other things. I presume it replaced the destroyed building in the pic. I remember it had very bouncy, creaky wooden floors.

On the site of what is now the Canada Post processing plant was the Exhibition Grounds, which used to have a horse racing track with grandstand. The Bill Lynch carnival show used to set up shop there in the summertime for a week or two.

[fenwick16]

I found this photo on the internet. It was taken in 1940. The surrounding area didn't look very built up at the time. It looks like the Halifax forum is to the left of the center of the photo.

(source: http://museum.gov.ns.ca/imagesns/html/20218.html )

[beyeas]

Question... what is the best site to use (other than Flickr) to post pics on here?
I have pics of the copper on the new Dal building and want to post them, but I am not a fan of yahoo, so want to avoid flickr if I can.

[Wishblade]

Originally Posted by beyeas

Question... what is the best site to use (other than Flickr) to post pics on here?
I have pics of the copper on the new Dal building and want to post them, but I am not a fan of yahoo, so want to avoid flickr if I can.

I always prefered using Imageshack for doing stuff like that, so you could give that a try.

[beyeas]

Originally Posted by Wishblade

I always prefered using Imageshack for doing stuff like that, so you could give that a try.

Thanks!
Yeah that is what I ended up using in the end (in large part because you didn't have to sign up etc).

[Jonovision]

I like photobucket.com myself.

[Jstaleness]

Hey,

Someone had passed this link to me earlier. I thought I would share it. Lots of Aeriel shots of Halifax,Dartmouth and Bedford area.

http://www.pbase.com/mucker/halifax

[worldlyhaligonian]

Originally Posted by Jstaleness

Hey,

Someone had passed this link to me earlier. I thought I would share it. Lots of Aeriel shots of Halifax,Dartmouth and Bedford area.

http://www.pbase.com/mucker/halifax

Ah yes, thanks for posting these... I forgot all about pbase.

[someone123]

I remember those from a couple of years ago. They are quite nice.

I forget who posted these recently but they are great: http://visionairservices.smugmug.com/

[Jstaleness]

Originally Posted by Jonovision

I always thought there should have been a hotel tower on top of the casino. Hopefully one day.

Do you know if it was built to allow or that?

[Jonovision]

Originally Posted by Jstaleness

Do you know if it was built to allow or that?

I have never heard that it was built for that.