There should be some sort of event, festival, concert, market etc. every Sat. inside the fort on Citadel Hill. Because Parks Canada soaks people for an entry fee no one from the city goes unless they are taking visitors. I think the fact that this National Historic Site is in the middle of downtown, holds so much history and has such a stranglehold on the development potential of the surrounding area the entry fee should be waived. It's time for the hill to give back to the citizens! Ironically, I think that if more use of the hill were to be promoted the STV crowd would object
....."TOO BUSY"
We need to capture the HILL!
Thousands of parking spaces could be created under the commons. There could even be an underground city like Montreal & Toronto. Development would be easier than scooping out under the hill. You could remove the field build layers of underground parking/retail and then replace the grass or leave the grass and tunnel below it. This could be the HRM 'BIG DIG'.
There are 1300 parking spaces under the Boston Common so there is no reason why it couldn't be done here.
Boston Common Parking...an ideal choice
http://www.mccahome.com/bcg.html
The Boston Common & Halifax Common are of similar size:
Halifax.........................................................................Boston
Cogswell St. could be used as the entrance and exit to the u/g parking garage. Cogswell St. would go down into parking and be used exclusively for the gargage access. There would be entry/exit points (existing) at Robie and North Park.