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Originally Posted by OldDartmouthMark
This shot gives me an idea on what the canyon effect will be along Lower Water. I'm thinking that it might not be all that bad. It's good to see progress happening, I can't wait for this area to be cleaned up even though I know it's a couple years out from that.
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I don't think it will be bad. Mostly I think it depends on how good the new building looks and how good the finishing of the public areas is, not how much space there is. The fact that they are using high-quality materials like sandstone to clad Queen's Marque is evidence that it will be well done.
There's very little space around some of the older buildings around Historic Properties but people really like them. There's not much space between the Dominion Public Building and Bank of NS but that street is still interesting because of the architecture of those buildings and all of the street-level detailing.
It is good that there's NS Crystal on one side and the museum on the other to break up the scale a bit.
One of the nicest aspects of the Halifax waterfront is that it still has some older buildings as well as narrow streets that are easy for pedestrians to cross. It has a different feel from modern waterfronts full of greenspace and glassy condos.
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