This photo from Hali87's thread made me think of an interesting aspect of Halifax building stock:
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Originally Posted by Hali87
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A lot of people, particularly in Halifax, believe that wood is worse than brick or stone, but I disagree. It is really more mutable and flexible. If an area declines, it starts to look worse much faster. If an area develops, however, it's easier to extend, and this is happening in a lot of central Halifax, as shown in the shot above. If done well it would be great to see old wooden 2-storey houses converted into 3 and 4 storey buildings in a sympathetic way. It's good from a density perspective but it's also realizing some of the potential that never materialized in the city up until now. Halifax wasn't a city with large areas of medium density neighbourhoods in 1920 but it could be one in 2020.
The North End would be a lot more vibrant if about half of the old saltbox rowhouse building stock were extended upward at the same time as new buildings were constructed on the empty lots.