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Originally Posted by fenwick16
Nice one of Halifax posted by ainvan. It catches part of the essence of Halifax with the fog and ocean setting. I lived in Halifax in the 70's and the feeling of being on the harbourfront with fog and ship fog horns was a special feeling. Back then Halifax was a somewhat rundown city with fishing trawlers and cargo ships coming in from various countries, including Russia, and sailors wandering around the city.
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It is amazing how much the feel of the city has changed over the past few years. Halifax in, say, 2007 had great bones (a compact and fine-grained street network with pedestrian orientation and ample public space) as well as lots of historic architecture but almost every streetscape was compromised in some way, and the city never seemed quite big enough to fill in its geography. Many of the new buildings have filled in key gaps.
It is not quite there yet but Sackville Street has the potential to be a really interesting canyon because of its steep elevation, mix of buildings, and small blocks. It only needs 2 more buildings to be fully built out. It has 6 active construction projects right now, 5 of them highrise.
For those less familiar with the city, it's the street going up from the harbour on the left:
Prince Street is going to be great too when Queen's Marque is finished. It'll run for 9 uninterrupted blocks up the hill, with everything from mid-1700's buildings to Art Deco and modern glass highrises.
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