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Originally Posted by alps
Great! I have wondered about those vacant lots for a long time. Does anyone know what was there before?
This is the perfect area for walkable, high density redevelopment (it reminds me of Young Street in that regard – good transit and lots of underused/vacant lots). There will soon be a protected cycling route all the way to downtown Halifax, and the site is close to the bus terminal and opposite a supermarket. It's also near schools and the newly renovated Sportsplex. I don't want to own a car, and if I moved back I would be happy to live there.
I wish the shorter buildings were more varied in height and massing, and the site plan is a bit boring.
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For a time in the '60s the site was occupied by Halliday Craftsmen, a local building supply operation that disappeared, I believe sometime in the '70s. The building remained for a while but that lot has been empty for many years.
I looked at the rendering posted and wonder why the tall building is not in the middle of the lot instead of fronting on Wyse. The rest of the buildings look dangerously like future slums. I'm not at all sure of this one. It is a neighborhood that has been struggling for decades and will take a lot to make it pull itself up.