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Once again the Halifax peninsula has been screwed in the ass by (naming no names, per the Bitch regulations) not-yet-retired councillors from other parts of HRM. Oh, yes, the Willow Tree is a perfect location for a 29-storey building—because it’s not in this person’s riding! I am seriously considering not voting in the upcoming HRM election, since whoever I vote for will be outnumbered by rural council members who don’t give a shit about how poorly Halifax peninsula is developed or governed. Maybe it’s time to give up the Regional Municipality idea and go back to a smaller, more representative city government. —Savage Narce
This article appears in Sep 8-14, 2016.
They are not retiring, rather not re-offering. It’s not a riding. Whether it not you vote won’t stop the development or the progress Halifax needs to make to ensure its economic viability. You can always file a nuisance lawsuit against the city with hopes you’ll get a cheque.
Not voting is a lame ass cop out. By not voting, you’re abdicating the right to bitch about this issue.
Oh no, a tall building in Halifax. Say it isn’t so. This city is so tall buildingphobe, it’s ridiculous. At least it’s behind Citidal Hill and not blocking the harbour view.
Block the Hill view. Build high rises downtown. Charge high tax rates. Improve the financial stability of Halifax. Create better a economic outlook. Improve the lives of citizens. Stop giving in the the old hippies.
Develop the Dartmouth Waterfront. If you’re going to preserve the view from the hill at least give people something to look at.
how else could they justify another roundabout?
On the other hand, one could argue that a 29-storey building is not THAT tall, and the junction of two of the city’s main urban thoroughfares, across from our premier public green space, is actually kind of a perfect place for it.
Whether you like it or not, it’s hard to see how the city has been “screwed” by it. In five years no one will even care that it’s there, and all the controversy will be completely forgotten.
Gloria said it would keep the sun out of the eyes of the ball players.
That’s good enough for me…
… but I agree…you should “seriously considering not voting in the upcoming HRM election”…
I’m sick of the sidewalks closed off! The building on Hollis (I think it’s the Willow Tree) has shut down both streets (Hollis and the other one going down to water st) as well as 2 sidewalks for 2 years! I understand they needed to blast but now it’s just a parking lot for the contractors Ford 150s! I’m all for development, but RESPONSIBLE development. People in Halifax need to wake the **** up; it’s not a black and white issue. People that complain about development are not hippies that only want 2 story buildings, maybe they are people that have watched other bigger cities fawk up. The problem with this council is that they see $$ signs and are from rural areas and have NO clue how to manage the growth. Build a bunch of high rises, give in to the developers and inconvenience all the tourists and residents without any thought to the traffic flow and long term effects of that many more people downtown is typical of our council. My favourite was the project next to the ‘toy’ shop on Barrington. City didn’t put up ‘sidewalk closed’ signs at the start of the block for fear of the other businesses so I’d wait for my bus and watch people walk down the street then have to either jaywalk on Barrington at rush hour, or climb over snowbanks and walk along the street to get pasy the development. We know how narrow Barrington is! And now what? The building is STILL empty! So all that headache and for what? No one is leasing it. I get we need growth and taxes, but there’s ways to do that create long term sustainability. Having a bunch of new glass shiny (trust me folks, you’ll get tired of them as you are of the brick) EMPTY buildings is NOT nice and welcoming….