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Originally Posted by OldDartmouthMark
From the renderings (scroll down to the bottom of the document linked in DJ's post), it looks like it. The section built on the lawn of the existing building shows signage and a patio, and the new townhouse-y sections to the right show signage on the ground floor as well as large windows that a shop might have.
I'm a little put off that Halifax continues to allow demolition of what looks to be Victorian era homes, but have conceded that this will continue as Halifax transitions to a larger, more dense city. History sometimes has to take a back seat to function and walkable, dense neighbourhoods. The future generations will still have a few examples of these old houses around, and if google maps continues to keep its older streetscape photos available, at least they can see what was once there if they are interested.
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I'm a little regretful about losing these houses, which look very well-maintained and a notch above the typical Halifax Victorian, and form part of a pretty solid three-block Victorian streetscape between Inglis Street and South Street. But it should be noted that everything else along that stretch, except for the existing high-density buildings, has been zoned ER-1 or 2, and is under a proposed heritage district, even with the
housing accelerator upzonings. So it doesn't seem likely that we'll see development continue to eat away at it.
In other words, all of
this and
this is protected. The nearest high-density zoning that affects anything historic is
here, and I think there is some kind of proposal to demolish that. But South Park, Tower Road, Inglis and so on are pretty locked down by HAF hertage zones.
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