{"id":1857,"date":"2009-12-03T10:51:40","date_gmt":"2009-12-03T14:51:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingatlantic.ca\/?p=1857"},"modified":"2013-01-21T04:45:59","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T08:45:59","slug":"from-the-vaults-scotia-square","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/atlantic\/2009\/12\/03\/from-the-vaults-scotia-square\/","title":{"rendered":"From the Vaults: Scotia Square"},"content":{"rendered":"

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 and explore thousands of photos, textual records, maps, art, and more on their website<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

\"Scotia<\/a>
\nDuke Street Tower, Scotia Square, Under Construction ca. 1967<\/p>\n

HALIFAX –<\/strong> From the Nova Scotia Historical Quarterly<\/em>:<\/p>\n

Those familiar with the busy shops and high office towers of the Scotia Square complex in downtown Halifax will not find it easy to picture the area as it was a century or more ago. Near the original townsite the streets were early laid out, and soon became lined with homes, stores, warehouses and public buildings. Argyle, Grafton, and Albemarle (later Market) streets all extended north to Jacob Street, which ran east down the hill to Lockman (now Barrington) and was not far from the present extension of Cogswell.<\/p>\n

Then north from Jacob ran Starr to Hurd\u2019s Lane, and Poplar Grove, a no-exit street. From the corner of Barrington and Duke to Hurd\u2019s Lane may be found the sites of nine places of worship…<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"Halifax\"<\/a>
\nAerial View Showing Central Business District from the Harbour
\nto Citadel Hill ca. 1935<\/p>\n

The right half of the photo shows the neighbourhood which was razed for the subsequent construction of Scotia Square and the Cogswell Street Interchange.<\/p>\n

\"Scotia<\/a>
\nDuke Street Tower, Scotia Square, Under Construction, ca. 1967<\/p>\n

\"Jacob<\/a>
\nCorner of Jacob Street and Brunswick Street<\/p>\n

The neighbourhood razed to construct Scotia Square and Cogswell Street Interchange included the buildings at the corner of Jacob and Brunswick streets.<\/p>\n

\"Jacob<\/a>
\nIntersection of Jacob Street and Grafton Street ca. 1947<\/p>\n

The neighbourhood razed to construct Scotia Square and Cogswell Street Interchange included People\u2019s Drug Store, 25 Jacob Street.<\/p>\n

\"Scotia
\nScotia Square ca. 1973<\/p>\n

Scotia Square once contained popular shops and services such as a Woolco department store, a Famous Players theatre, a well-known tavern, a food court called the Port of Call, and an area on the second level where the store fronts were designed to resemble a village.<\/p>\n

Woolco closed in 1994. The Woolco space was vacant until 2000 when Aliant converted the space into a call centre. Over time, nearly all of the second level shops closed or relocated to other malls in the area.<\/p>\n

Reference:<\/strong> Nova Scotia Information Service NSARM no. NSIS 27744, NSARM Photo Collection: Places: Halifax: Air View, Edward J. Kelly NSARM accession no. 1985-417, no. 3, Robert Norwood NSARM accession no. 1987-481, nos. 359-377, NSARM Photo Collection: Places: Halifax: Scotia Square: Duke Street Tower: Excavation Site<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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 and explore thousands of photos, textual records, maps, art, and more on their website. 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