Found Photos

[Keith P.]

Is it still a "skyline" if the hills and trees are higher than the buildings?

[worldlyhaligonian]

Lol, Sackville skyline.

[Dmajackson]

Drgnmastr just posted a gorgeous shot of the Halifax Skyline at night;

HERE

Its not brand new (Armoury and W cranes) but it really shows the impact a new tower (International Place especially) would have on downtown.

[dartmouthian]

yeah. International place will fill in that empty void in the skyline between purdys wharf and the rest of downtown very nicely

[Dmajackson]

Taken by me today on Stawberry Hill;

[kph06]

I was wondering if anyone had or has links to photos of some of the buildings from the 70's or 80's under construction? In particular I'd love to see Purdy's, 1801 Hollis, Fenwick and Maritime Centre and what it was like pre-expansion, any others would be cool to see too. I spent all afternoon searching but came up mostly empty handed, I did come across this postcard which I think shows Maritime Centre pre-expansion:



Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/musicon...10447/sizes/l/

[Aya_Akai]

I am working with a photographer for a few weeks for my NSCC photo program, and browsing one of his old websites I came across a couple shots of Halifax which Wishblade and I have been having a discussion over when the photos were taken.

Anyway- I'll let you guys be the judge:

(Photos By Chris Reardon)





I say 1993... but there are a few factors in there that make me a little confused as to exactly when it was done...

[someone123]

Interesting.. 1993 seems plausible. Summit Place is there but there are still the old smoke stacks.

It's a little sad to think that the picture would be almost the same today. Not much has changed downtown.

[alps]

Hm, the crane in the foreground of the first picture might be Admiralty Place, which was completed a little before 1993...the Central Trust (?) logo is still on 1801 Hollis, and I believe that company went under in the early or mid 90s..

Agreed, someone123, the only overt difference is the casino, possibly one of my least favourite buildings in the city

[hfx_chris]

Originally Posted by alps

Agreed, someone123, the only overt difference is the casino, possibly one of my least favourite buildings in the city

What? Maybe it's just because I spend so much time there, but I like the building.

Originally Posted by alps

Hm, the crane in the foreground of the first picture might be Admiralty Place, which was completed a little before 1993...the Central Trust (?) logo is still on 1801 Hollis, and I believe that company went under in the early or mid 90s..

Definitely not Admirality Place, that building would be off to the left, far out of the picture. That has to be Alderney Gate, and the picture definitely looks to be taken from one of the upper floors of Queen Square, if not even the roof. The view from my floor is identical to that photo.
So if that's Alderney Gate under construction, that photo has to be around 1990 or so.

[kph06]

Yeah, definately Alderney Gate, I was a little bored at work and went on google earth and lined up the Halifax buildings the way they are seen above and the line cuts right through Queens Square and Alderney Gate. I figure the other crane on the Halifax side must be the Homburg building by the citadel? It seems to line up properly and that is relatively new.

[alps]

Originally Posted by hfx_chris

Definitely not Admirality Place, that building would be off to the left, far out of the picture. That has to be Alderney Gate, and the picture definitely looks to be taken from one of the upper floors of Queen Square, if not even the roof. The view from my floor is identical to that photo.
So if that's Alderney Gate under construction, that photo has to be around 1990 or so.

Ooh, you're right, I mistook the jetty for part of the marine slips

Edit

Originally Posted by hfx_chris

What? Maybe it's just because I spend so much time there, but I like the building.

Whoops, I didn't notice this bit. I dunno, I don't really like anything about it. It's sprawling, the parkade is massive, and it's quite gaudy (IMO) architecturally.

[someone123]

Homburg? I think that is or was the North American Life Building. I thought that was built in 1986 or so. What about the Park Lane office building or City Centre Atlantic...?

[hfx_chris]

Probably. If you use kph06's trick and draw a line from Queen Square to Purdy's II, it goes right through Park Lane and City Centre Atlantic. The only significant building beyond that would be the Dickson Centre at the VG site, no idea when that building was constructed.

[worldlyhaligonian]

I don't mind the casino, I think it will look more attractive when it ages... especially when the copper oxidizes (at least they used real copper) completely on the domes. Just my opinion, it has a number of flaws, especially in its sprawling size... the space could have been allocated more efficiently.

[Jonovision]

I always thought there should have been a hotel tower on top of the casino. Hopefully one day.

[Aya_Akai]

Originally Posted by Jonovision

I always thought there should have been a hotel tower on top of the casino. Hopefully one day.

Agreed. It would fit in really nicely down there.

[someone123]

I've seen this photo a lot but I think this is the nicest version so far online:



From: http://westinnovascotian.files.wordpress.com/

I guess that is from 2004. It would be nice to see some similar aerials from 2009. I've never seen a recent one that's shown the full city either..

[someone123]

There are also some nice photos from kirkinhalifax on flickr, e.g.: http://www.flickr.com/photos/35370979@N07/3639275033/

[Dmajackson]

Dartmouth from the MacDonald Bridge to Eastern Passage (photo by me);