The latest development to get approval while the Centre Plan nears crunch time will sit eight and a bit storeys high on Robie Street between Cunard and Compton Streets facing the Halifax Common. Neighbours from the area came forward at the public hearing to voice their concerns, but at this stage in the process they […]
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Halifax and West Community Council moving quickly on new builds
A s the Centre Plan looms in the somewhat near future, the city is moving quickly to get development applications caught in its crossfire settled before the big changes come about. Halifax and West Community Council voted one of those developments, a 19-storey building at 2859 Robie Street, between Bilby and Macara Streets, through to […]
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Council votes down height restriction for Willow Tree tower
[Image-1] Halifax has a fear of heights. That seems to be the message from city council in deciding not to limit the height of a proposed 29-storey development on Quinpool Road that’s been widely panned by both HRM staff and members of the public. A report by planning applications manager Carl Purvis recommended council limit the […]
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Robie’s intercontinental breakfast
There’s a reason I don’t like to try a restaurant in the first few months it’s open. It’s the same reason I don’t try to eat a fried egg two seconds after it’s been dropped into a hot pan: it’s not ready yet. I had low expectations for Robie Street Station when I met Allison […]
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Where we work: Wrought Iron Brewing Company
WHO THEY ARE Angus Campbell, Josh Counsil and Doug Kehoe—longtime BFFs and the trio behind the up-and-coming Wrought Iron Brewing Company—met studying engineering at Queen’s. They were dormmates, housemates and long-distance, post-grad buds before finally deciding the best way to get the gang back together was to go into business. “I think we all complement […]
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First look: Patch Halifax
A new surge (and serge) of creative energy hit the north end this week as Patch Halifax (2571 Robie Street), a part-work space, part-fabric-shop, officially opened for business. Lucky enough to be one of the first through the door, we got the grand tour from owner Christina Pasquet and started daydreaming about whipping up some […]
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Robie Street Station brings all-day breakfast
Kaleigh Burns and Heman Lee are breakfast champions. The Toronto pair are the latest to land on Halifax’s food scene, and they’re currently hacking away at 2394 Robie Street—behind the mysterious brown papered windows at the former jane’s on the common—reimagining the space that will bring us all-day breakfast this September, courtesy of Robie Street […]
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Patch Halifax—sew good
You’re going to want to thank Christina Pasquet, her idea is a bright one. This summer she’ll open Patch Halifax, a modern fabric shop/work room hybrid where the fabrics will the hard-to-find kind (like Liberty, Birch and Cloud 9) and there’ll be hands on deck to help you use ’em. Packing five sewing machines, a […]