Suburban & Rural Developments & Discussion Thread

[fenwick16]

Originally Posted by teddifax

Is there a thread for this building?

Dmajackson didn't have a thread listed in the "Halifax Developments List and Map", so there probably isn't a separate thread.

[teddifax]

I couldn't remember ever seeing a thread for 303. Thanks....

[Dmajackson]

It should be noted that 303 Washmill Lake includes a commercial building which is in excavation to the left of the apartment building.

[Colin May]

I believe Solzhenitsyn wrote a book about such a place........

[Keith P.]

Originally Posted by Colin May

I believe Solzhenitsyn wrote a book about such a place........

If this was on the peninsula, HRM planners would be hailing it as the solution to downtown's problems.

[fenwick16]

Suburban projects get no respect on here.

[Colin May]

Originally Posted by Keith P.

If this was on the peninsula, HRM planners would be hailing it as the solution to downtown's problems.

http://iainmasterton.photoshelter.co...000.elY66LLkwU

and this looks familiar, complete with rooftop ski ramp : http://www.freshwater-plumbing.com/c...rtment-blocks/

[Keith P.]

Those pics are like porno for planners. They want everyone to live on the peninsula in those kind of places, just not in a view plane.

[hoser111]

Kind of meh news but here it is anyway....

"The Burnside hotel currently known as the Park Place Ramada will be shut down this week and reopened this summer as the region’s first Delta Hotels by Marriott.

The owner of the hotel, the Armour Group, announced in a news release on Monday it will be renovating the aging hotel off the Circumferential Highway “back to its studs” after closing it this week. The hotel will reopen as the 180-room Delta Hotels by Marriott – Dartmouth this summer."

http://www.metronews.ca/news/halifax...-marriott.html

[Keith P.]

I haven't been inside the Ramada for a few years but I can imagine it is probably pretty tired by now. While it has great visibility from the Circ, actually getting to it is a bit of a bother and I always found the parking lot to be undersized.

During the first decade it was open my employer had a thing for having events there. I guess they were cheap. It had the distinction of serving the absolute worst banquet catering food I had ever consumed back then. We're talking sandwiches with a single slice of cold cuts, watery soup, etc. It was stunningly bad.

[Dmajackson]

New proposal by Michael Napier Architecture for the corner of Waverley Road & Montebello Drive in Dartmouth.

Case 20756 Details


Rendering courtesy of Michael Napier Architecture via Halifax.ca

[Hali87]

These are from Governor's Brook in Spryfield, not sure if it has its own thread. This subdivision is interesting in that they abruptly switched architectural styles partway through (this has happened in a few others including nearby Long Lake Village)


40464797_227083601487866_6644481876276805632_n by Hali87, on Flickr


40443735_323512981551990_5963824036256415744_n by Hali87, on Flickr


40504686_1882399652066056_8920356197131878400_n by Hali87, on Flickr


40461433_240184050023811_583185051886288896_n by Hali87, on Flickr

[Hali87]

A couple infill semis in Spryfield:


40525802_761255667572166_6725921074753568768_n by Hali87, on Flickr

[RoshanMcG]

Originally Posted by RoshanMcG

There was a sign up at the former Northcliffe pool on Dunbrack saying that a Maronite Church (Our Lady of Lebanon) would be located there.

[bluenoser]

Clearing is scheduled to start later this year for the Wellington-102/Aerotech connector road:


https://twitter.com/ns_tir

[someone123]

Is this in the Larry Uteck area?


Source

[Dartguard]

Yes it is

[someone123]

Originally Posted by Dartguard

Yes it is

I lived in Hammonds Plains around the late 90's and early 2000's. This area is completely unrecognizable now. Back then there was basically nothing along Kearney Lake Road or Hammonds Plains Road beyond the 102, and the development that did exist was mostly exurban large lot houses and strip malls.

[HalifaxRetales]

The Retail Council of Canada has their annual shopping centre study out and on the future in the Maritimes they mention the redevelopment of the mixed use Penhorn Lands and this interesting blurb about Mic Mac Mall

New residential housing will also be added, including tall towers which would offer spectacular views and could commend high prices

full doc here

[RoshanMcG]

Maronite Church on Dunbrack