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Originally Posted by K-Man
Hey all! I thought a few screenshots from the proposal might be useful for a quick reference as to the current plans for the different facades. I’m about halfway through reading it so I feel like some of this might be old news but I’ll throw them up any way in case someone finds them useful. I had mentioned this before but I gotta say I kind of like the look of the tinted windows in the renderings.
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https://www.halifax.ca/sites/default...1126rc1517.pdf
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Thanks for your insight, K-man! I suppose in terms of the condition of the original materials, this might be the best case scenario. I do like that they are intending to bring back its appearance to how it would have looked on "opening day". The bricked-over windows always did bother me somewhat.
For all the 'we can't afford this', my view is that we can't afford
not to do this. From what I understand, the Forum has suffered from deferred maintenance by the city, which has increased the amount of work that has to be done to it now - so in the past the 'we can't afford this' mindset has led us to a point where we must 'go big or stay home'. If this is put off further, then the costs will increase - or it will just be torn down and left as an empty lot - a state which Halifax has suffered from for many decades.
IMHO, it's time for the city to correct its past mistakes and head into the future - and maintaining key structures that are an important part of the city's culture is part of it.
Yeah, I may complain that some of the original aspects that are important to me, personally, may be disappearing, but at the end of the day I'm a realist and know that this is probably the best option. Doing *nothing* is not a good option... ever.