The Macdonald Bridge

February 23, 2015 BuiltHalifax

The big news about the Macdonald Bridge is the impending re-decking. Halifax is fortunate, in that the proposed procedure has been done, once before, in Vancouver. The Lions Gate Bridge is a twin to the Macdonald, and so they are very similar. In fact, the contract to complete the work was awarded to the same…Read More

The 1945 Master Plan… Meanwhile in Dartmouth

February 23, 2015 BuiltHalifax

With Halifax developing a master plan in 1945, the town of Dartmouth felt it should have one as well, and council approached the Nova Scotia Municipal Bureau and the Department of Municipal Affairs for assistance. The department provided the funding, and the bureau produced the report. The actual report was written by architect D.P. Reay…Read More

Grand Entries – The Hotel Nova Scotia and the CN Train Station

February 17, 2015 BuiltHalifax

Built by CN in 1928, the train station and Hotel Nova Scotian were the final pieces of the Railcut and Ocean Terminals project. The images above are aerial views from 1931, and are from The Richard McCully Aerial Photograph Collection at the NS Archives. The current train station replaced a temporary one built in 1918 to coincide with…Read More

Baconfest – It’s not what you think

February 12, 2015 BuiltHalifax

Monday March 9 John Nash and the Transformation of London This is one of the cities profiled by Bacon, highlighting the transformation of three great world cities into the places we all know today. Bacon takes us through the major physical changes of London brought about by the vision of John Nash in the early…Read More

The Robie Street High Service Reservoir

February 3, 2015 BuiltHalifax

A recent Noticed in Nova Scotia post touched on the aesthetics of the Robie Street Reservoir. Stephen Archibald mentions that the reservoir was built in 1913, and it has received new roofs twice - once in 1946, and again in 1999. Curiously, this simple tank has been…Read More