[Dartmouth] The Post (53 Queen) | 90 m | 26 fl | U/C

[OldDartmouthMark]

Originally Posted by Dmajackson

^Here's the Staff Report going to Heritage Adivsory Committee next week.

Thanks for posting that. If you look into the document, it shows a lot of problems, some structural, with the old Post Office building. It's really good that they are tackling this now, as the building would only continue to deteriorate if it had been left vacant much longer. This one is really a win-win for the area.

I'm really optimistic about this one, and thus it has become one of my favourite current projects happening in the Halifax area.

[Arrdeeharharharbour]

I'm really optimistic about this one, and thus it has become one of my favourite current projects happening in the Halifax area.[/QUOTE]

Me too! 100%!

[JET]

The roof is off the old post office, interesting to stand on Wentworth st, look through the top windows and seeing the sky.

[Jstaleness]

I'll be around this weekend. Will see if I can take a few snaps as where it's at.

[JET]

Old Post office is "roofed' over again.

[Dmajackson]

The development agreement was approved by HECC last week.

[JET]

Originally Posted by Dmajackson

The development agreement was approved by HECC last week.

The old clock faces from the old clock tower will be installed (and working) outside.

[OldDartmouthMark]

Originally Posted by JET

The old clock faces from the old clock tower will be installed (and working) outside.

That's pretty cool. Probably the first time the clock faces have seen the light of day since before most of us here were born.

[JET]

Originally Posted by OldDartmouthMark

That's pretty cool. Probably the first time the clock faces have seen the light of day since before most of us here were born.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-...ject-1.7195707

Some drawings of how they will look.

[Saul Goode]

Originally Posted by OldDartmouthMark

That's pretty cool. Probably the first time the clock faces have seen the light of day since before most of us here were born.

I think you're right. I definitely don't remember them in my lifetime.

[Keith P.]

Do they have clock workings behind them? Would nice to have them actually function.

I guess they must have been stored in the basement for decades.

[JET]

Originally Posted by Keith P.

Do they have clock workings behind them? Would nice to have them actually function.

I guess they must have been stored in the basement for decades.

From the article or on the cbc it was mentioned that the clocks will function.

[Empire]

You can see one of the clocks in this CBC article.

From CBC
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-...ject-1.7195707

[JET]

Originally Posted by Empire

You can see one of the clocks in this CBC article.

From CBC
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-...ject-1.7195707

per post #49

[OldDartmouthMark]

Originally Posted by JET

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-...ject-1.7195707

Some drawings of how they will look.

Thanks!

[OldDartmouthMark]

Originally Posted by Keith P.

Do they have clock workings behind them? Would nice to have them actually function.

I guess they must have been stored in the basement for decades.

The article says that the clocks will be brought back to working condition, but doesn’t say how. I would imagine that they will be driven by modern “guts” behind the original faces. My only reservation was is that they could be susceptible to vandalism, which would be a shame as they would be irreplaceable.

I read somewhere, maybe on this forum, that the clock faces were stored by the city all these years, and I have a vague memory of one of them being in the old Dartmouth museum for many years.

[JET]

Originally Posted by OldDartmouthMark

The article says that the clocks will be brought back to working condition, but doesn’t say how. I would imagine that they will be driven by modern “guts” behind the original faces. My only reservation was is that they could be susceptible to vandalism, which would be a shame as they would be irreplaceable.

I read somewhere, maybe on this forum, that the clock faces were stored by the city all these years, and I have a vague memory of one of them being in the old Dartmouth museum for many years.

I wonder how hard it would be to put a faux tower back on where the old clock tower was?

[OldDartmouthMark]

Originally Posted by JET

I wonder how hard it would be to put a faux tower back on where the old clock tower was?

That’s a good question. IIRC, the original tower was removed because the weight of it was causing issues with the building structure below.

Perhaps if they could replicate it using lighter materials (i.e. steel frame structure with thin stone cladding on the outside, or something like that), combined with some bracing of the building structure, it could be OK structurally, but it would probably be difficult/expensive to pull off and have it look right.

That said, I don’t know how the original tower was constructed, or if this would even be a viable solution, but I agree that it would look great, and perhaps provide some visual balance to the huge tower going up at the other end.

[JET]

From the renderings it looked like they were keeping the newer existing addition to the west of the old post office, but it is gone, all that remains is the exterior of the old post office. They have done a nice job cleaning the exterior

[OldDartmouthMark]

This is a little surprising. Perhaps they found large problems in that section?