{"id":394,"date":"2009-10-21T14:00:25","date_gmt":"2009-10-21T17:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingatlantic.ca\/?p=394"},"modified":"2013-01-21T04:46:02","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T08:46:02","slug":"394","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/atlantic\/2009\/10\/21\/394\/","title":{"rendered":"Preserving the past in Halifax"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2745\/4027098756_29480c7643.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"374\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>HALIFAX &#8211;<\/strong> It&#8217;s not uncommon to encounter contrasts of old versus new, bleak versus shiny, defensiveness versus forward-thinking-ness.\u00a0 That is particularly the case in Halifax, which enjoys a vibrant present as well as a rich and not always happy history.\u00a0 I was reminded of that on a single day last week.<\/p>\n<p>First, I tried to visit the World War II observation posts and gun batteries\u00a0 at <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/York_Redoubt\">York Redoubt historic park<\/a> near <a href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.ca\/maps?hl=en&amp;client=firefox-a&amp;q=fergusons+cove,+ns&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;hq=&amp;hnear=Fergusons+Cove,+Halifax,+Halifax+County,+Nova+Scotia&amp;ll=44.596747,-63.554986&amp;spn=0.010772,0.026264&amp;t=h&amp;z=16\">Fergusons Cove<\/a>. Besides being a pleasant walk, this is usually a great spot to view the entrance to Halifax harbour &#8212; which is also why antisubmarine nets were stretched from here to McNabs Island 65 or so years ago, protecting the harbour from the U-boats that plied Canada&#8217;s east coast, torpedoing naval and merchant ships. You can&#8217;t get to the WWII location now, though.\u00a0 Parks Canada has cordoned it off because it is sufficiently decayed and unmaintained that it might be a risk to park visitors.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>That was my exposure to a bleak bit of history &#8212; as well as current underfunding to preserve our city&#8217;s legacy.<\/p>\n<p>Next I went downtown. Lots is happening there. What caught my eye was the bright new paint on a local-food restaurant at Grafton and Prince, with perfect blue skies behind. New in a good way. Forward-thinking. 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