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RP+5 – HRM’s Regional Municipal Plan Review: Nothing new, but it will cost a lot
Editor’s Note: The following is Our HRM Alliance‘s response to the proposed revisions of HRM’s RP+5 HALIFAX – The proposed...
By Spacing -
Saint John Invests in Bicycle Infrastructure
SAINT JOHN – Saint John does not typically come to mind when thinking of a city with a cycling culture. In the 2006 census, the Saint John CMA had...
By Stephen Stone -
PHOTO: Our Lady of Sorrows Church
Our Lady of Sorrows Church and Holy Cross Cemetery, Halifax / By Ross Dunn Contribute your photos to Spacing Atlantic’s Flickr Pool
By Julie Fish -
Share the Road Community Engagement Session – May 15, Halifax
Halifax- On May 15, 2013 there will be a Public Engagement session at 5410 Spring Garden Road (Architecture & Planning building at Dalhousie...
By Niki Siabanis -
Events Guide: Planning for Non-Planners
HALIFAX – Wondering how the city changes? Want to get involved in making it happen? FUSION Halifax’s Urban Development Action Team is hosting an...
By Jared Dalziel -
Seagate Residences: Why Downtown Dartmouth needs HRMbyDesign
DARTMOUTH – Downtown Dartmouth is entering a new and exciting phase in its history. King’s Wharf is turning the derelict Marine Slips into a new...
By Sam Austin -
Shift 2013 Density Conference: March 6-9, 2013
Details Host: Dalhousie School of Planning Date: March 6-9, 2013 Location: PechaKucha night: Wed. Mar. 6 @Seahorse // Keynote Gil Penalosa (Carmichael...
By Niki Siabanis -
Urban Development: Does Halifax need to grow up?
HALIFAX – It has become painfully obvious to many if not most observers that Halifax has a sprawl problem. The Halifax Regional Municipality covers...
By Derek Simon -
Imagine Bloomfield Statement on HRM Staff Report and Recommendation for Bloomfield Redevelopment
Editor’s Note: Imagine Bloomfield’s Statement on HRM Staff Report and Recommendation for Bloomfield Redevelopment is cross-posted below in its...
By Spacing -
Darkside Rising – The future of Downtown Dartmouth
DARTMOUTH – Over the last few years, Downtown Dartmouth has emerged as one of the Halifax region’s up and coming neighbourhoods. A slow but...
By Derek Simon -
Moving the Morris House North
HALIFAX – For those who haven’t been scrutinizing the urban landscape for the last few years, the appearance of a centuries’-old house, stilted...
By Daniel Rotsztain -
Stick to the plan Halifax, HRMbyDesign is working
Editor’s Note: This piece originally appeared in the Dalhousie Gazette. HALIFAX – The cities of Cologne, Germany and Barcelona, Spain are two...
By Ben Wedge