Urban Design
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Hot dogging it on Fenwick
HALIFAX — Some 24 odd months ago construction began on Fenwick Street in Halifax’ South End, the site has fast evolved into a fantasyland for every...
By Anna Duckworth -
New thinking at Pecha Kucha
HALIFAX – Imagine an alternate Halifax. Beautiful people sprawl happily in urban parks, eating thick, locally produced sandwiches. When...
By Lizzy Hill -
Discovering Charlottetown: Victoria Row
CHARLOTTETOWN – Nestled behind the Confederation Centre of the Arts is a 200m stretch of early 20th century buildings, the type of mixed use...
By Joshua Biggley -
From the Vaults: Spring Garden Road Memorial Library
Excitement is building for a new central library for Halifax. The new central library will replace the Spring Garden Road Memorial Library, which was...
By Lauren Oostveen -
Preserving the past in Halifax
HALIFAX – It’s not uncommon to encounter contrasts of old versus new, bleak versus shiny, defensiveness versus forward-thinking-ness. That is...
By Lawrence Plug -
Events Guide: 4 Days: Sustained by Design ‘unconference’
Beginning tonight, international leaders in social innovation, the green economy, public participation, and sustainable design will be in Halifax to do...
By Spacing -
Streets at your feet
HALIFAX – As soon as I moved to Halifax from Toronto, I immediately noticed how street names are often carved into the sidewalks of intersections...
By Monika Warzecha -
From barriers to opportunity in downtown Dartmouth
The Halifax Harbour has become a barrier to part a of the downtown core: geographic, political and psychological. This barrier has become division; and...
By Jason Pelley -
The future of the Dartmouth Common
DARTMOUTH – On Monday night, HRM held a public meeting with community members over the master plan to transform the Dartmouth Common [PDF] into a...
By Jake Schabas