Urban Design
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Events Guide: The Gatekeeper’s Lodge – Open Projects Initiative
HALIFAX, NS – As part of HRM’s Open Projects initiative, artist Aimée Brown will be activating Point Pleasant Park through her project –...
By Crystal Melville -
Skating Around the Important Questions
This article first appeared in The Watch. HALIFAX – “It’s called vision. Someone has to have that vision for the future. Politicians should quickly...
By Natascia Lypny -
From the Vaults: The North Common
The Nova Scotia Archives is pleased to share photos showcasing the changing faces of urban centers in Nova Scotia. You can learn more about the archives...
By Lauren Oostveen -
Questioning Convention — photo petition highlights your downtown funding priorities
HALIFAX – On Thursday, Dec 2nd, approximately 30 people gathered for a two-hour workshop dedicated to imagining a more environmentally, socially...
By Emma Feltes -
Sharing Ideas to Transform Vacant Site into Urban Gardens… and more
HALIFAX – Once declared by Shakespeare, “What is the city but the people?” suggests he may have been as successful an urban planner as...
By Rachel Caroline Derrah -
Keep those wheels tu(r)ning: Motor Vehicle Act acknowledges cyclists
NOVA SCOTIA – Late on November 4th, the Nova Scotia NDP Government released that changes to the Motor Vehicle Act which acknowledge cyclists would be...
By Crystal Melville -
Events Guide: Exploring ways to grow
HALIFAX – “There’s a reason why I love this town” croons hometown hero Joel Plaskett. At tonight’s presentation, those...
By Emma Feltes -
New Central Library amps up public consultation in Halifax
HALIFAX – With the final public consultation session wrapping last Thursday, Halifax’s new Central Library promises to set a new precedent â€...
By Emma Feltes -
Productive, happy dialogue from a happy city
 ST. JOHN’S – On Saturday, more then 50 people showed up to the Foran Room of St. John’s City Hall. They were not there for a public...
By Andrew Harvey -
[Re]Presenting Halifax: Vacan[t]c[it]y
The [Re]Presenting Halifax series revisits historical and contemporary maps, diagrams and other interpretive readings of the Halifax region. See my first...
By Matt Neville -
‘City Mail’ creator explains her love of letters
HALIFAX – Since a handful of enchantingly mysterious mailboxes appeared in Halifax’s north end last spring, chitter-chatter about what this...
By Emma Feltes -
[Re]Presenting Halifax #8: Public Lands as Connective Tissue or Cancer?
The [Re]Presenting Halifax series revisits historical and contemporary maps, diagrams and other interpretive readings of the Halifax region. See my first...
By Matt Neville