{"id":2642,"date":"2010-01-13T14:43:49","date_gmt":"2010-01-13T18:43:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingatlantic.ca\/?p=2642"},"modified":"2013-01-21T04:34:02","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T08:34:02","slug":"victoria-apartments-demolition-accomplished","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/atlantic\/2010\/01\/13\/victoria-apartments-demolition-accomplished\/","title":{"rendered":"Victoria Apartments: Demolition Accomplished"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>HALIFAX &#8211;<\/strong> This past Saturday, the corner of Hollis and Morris was once again the city&#8217;s epicenter of perverse entertainment.  An impromptu post-market crowd of witnesses gathered to to watch <a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/atlantic\/2009\/11\/16\/hollis-morris\/\">the Victoria Apartments<\/a> be demolished, one wall at a time; revealing its bright colours, arched doorways and quirky interiors one last time.<\/p>\n<p>Some people cheered as the bulldozer tore down the apartments, while others tried to hide their tears.  Former residents pointed out their bedrooms and shared stories.  Photographers had a field day.  I tried to leave on three separate occasions, frozen and exhausted, but couldn&#8217;t tear myself away from the scene, feeling an overpowering civic responsibility to watch the streetscape transform before my eyes.<\/p>\n<p>The oldest building, and former residence of Charles Morris, was saved from demolition and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ecologyaction.ca\/content\/morris-street\">has been temporarily relocated<\/a> several hundred feet away.<\/p>\n<p><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"flashvars\" value=\"offsite=true&amp;lang=en-us&amp;page_show_url=%2Fphotos%2Fspacing%2Fsets%2F72157623193460984%2Fshow%2F&amp;page_show_back_url=%2Fphotos%2Fspacing%2Fsets%2F72157623193460984%2F&amp;set_id=72157623193460984&amp;jump_to=\" \/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/apps\/slideshow\/show.swf?v=71649\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><embed type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" src=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/apps\/slideshow\/show.swf?v=71649\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" flashvars=\"offsite=true&amp;lang=en-us&amp;page_show_url=%2Fphotos%2Fspacing%2Fsets%2F72157623193460984%2Fshow%2F&amp;page_show_back_url=%2Fphotos%2Fspacing%2Fsets%2F72157623193460984%2F&amp;set_id=72157623193460984&amp;jump_to=\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p><em>photos by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/spacing\/sets\/72157623193460984\/\">Katie McKay<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HALIFAX &#8211; This past Saturday, the corner of Hollis and Morris was once again the city&#8217;s epicenter of perverse entertainment. 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