Gold Winner Halifax Public Gardens Silver Winner Point Pleasant Park Bronze Winner Halifax Common The Public Gardens is that pretty classmate who makes the rest of Halifax’s public spaces look like wrinkled garbage. Like, we get it, Public Gardens. You’ve got gorgeous flowers and waterfowl up the wazoo. You don’t also have to corner the […]
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Developments would be towering over the Common
[Image-1] Two closely-linked developments at the intersection of Robie Street and Quinpool Road are currently working their way through the municipal planning process labyrinth. It’s early days, but what’s being proposed could dramatically alter one of Halifax’s most visible corners. The Armco-owned APL Properties Ltd. is trying to build two towers, 12 and 28 storeys, […]
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Best Public Space
Gold Winner Public Gardens Silver Winner Point Pleasant Park Bronze Winner Halifax Common We all know why we love the Public Gardens: great Victorian-era garden, wondrous wildlife, geese, bandstand, cafe, blah, blah, blah. Here’s what we don’t know: lore has it that Griffen Pond is named after Frederick Griffen, who was wrongly executed for a […]
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Best Public Space
Gold Winner Public Gardens Silver Winner Point Pleasant Park Bronze Winner Halifax Common The Public Gardens is one of those places that makes you feel like anything is possible—everything except walking on the grass. “It’s so beautiful, just make sure you stay on the trails,” warns one voter. “Just beautiful! Wish you could walk on […]
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The ShopTalk Guided Tour: Quinpool Road
It’s time for Quinfest! The celebration of all things Quinpool Road is this Saturday, September 15, 11am-3pm. The fun includes a reptile zoo, clowns, carnival games, face-painting, kite-flying and science booths. Most of the street’s restaurants are offering free samples from noon to 2pm. And at 1pm there’s a free concert, with Razzmatazz For Kids […]
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The Halifax Really, Really Free Market takes place Sunday
The first one was a hit. The second one should prove even more exciting, and just as priceless. The Halifax Really, Really Free Market is back on Sunday, April 22 (12pm-5pm) and has relocated to the Halifax Common from last month’s at the Khyber. Organizer Sarah Ovens says the outdoor spot is a tribute to […]
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Best Public Space
Gold Winner The Public Gardens Silver Winner Point Pleasant Park Bronze Winner Halifax Commons “Jolly good!” responds The Public Gardens when we notify it by telegraph that it has won the gold. “I feared I may have let people down with the unfortunate demise of Momma, the goose, so I tried to keep my flora […]
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Keep the Common skating oval
Keep the oval. That message is coming through loud and clear from the 1,000-plus (some days over 2,000) people skating on the Common skating oval. The original plan was for the oval to be open to the public before and after the Canada Games in February, but then dismantled in March. There are six refrigeration […]
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Concerted delusion
Last week, I broke the news that the provincial government spent $600,000 on last year’s Paul McCartney concert on the Halifax Common. Adding in HRM’s contribution, some $750,000 in taxpayer money was spent on the event. The primary issue for me is one of secrecy—taxpayers can’t decide if such expenditures are appropriate if they don’t […]
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Live like Common people
“The consultation process is a joke,” says Katie, a 24-year-old student, lips quivering, eyes on the brink of tears. She announces that she is going to leave Halifax because the city doesn’t care about the desires of its populace. Halifax Regional Municipality makes her feel agentless. Peter Bigelow, manager of real property planning for HRM […]
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Best Public Space
The Victorian green space remains a gorgeous retreat within the city, from the magnificent wrought iron of the gate at Spring Garden and South Park to the geese, ducks and swans floating through the gentle waterways. Through the summer’s warmer days it’s a popular spot for wedding photos, though we know people who like to […]
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Stumped on the Common
To the editor, After the McCartney and KISS concerts, there will be an all-summer effort to repair the damage to the Common just in time for winter. We have not been doing very well getting event damage repaired, have we? Witness the two- or three-time gap in the mature trees lining the north side of […]
