Did you notice all the excitement at the Seaport Market on Saturday when the Prime Minister dropped by? Twitter was flooded with images, some so cute that kittens stopped trending for a moment. This made me remember when Justin's father and mother visited Fortress Louisbourg in August 1971. I had a summer job there as… Read More

So it is getting to be walking around and noticing stuff season. For example, the other day my Twitter buddy Adam suddenly noticed a plaque beside Jubilee Road on the Camp Hill site. The plaque explains (sort of) a granite boundary stone installed by the British military in the 19th century to mark their property. I've been watching for… Read More

In the 1970s I would often visit the north block of Granville Street to examine the cast iron shop fronts that lined both sides of the street. In future blogs there are a number of themes I'd like to explore about this section of town but today I'll start with a look at the west side of the block in… Read More

On social media people have been acknowledging the start of the full-scale demolition of the old CBC Building at the corner of Sackville and South Park. Seemed like a good moment to remember a tiny loss that happened on the corner across the street 37 years ago. In that case I was probably the only mourner. The… Read More

Gates and gateways are powerful symbols in our culture. Think of the gated community, gateway drugs, the pearly gates, or the Atlantic Gateway Project. Well, maybe not the latter but you get the idea. Gates are also attractive structures, and it is surprising how many nice old ones we have around Halifax when you start looking. I've… Read More

I'm fond of my Twitter community of mostly strangers. Occasionally they will ask if I know something and of course we all like to be noticed. So last week when I received this tweet I jumped to attention.  Turned out the Mounties had a photo of their Traffic Services Unit but did not know when and where… Read More

The other day I had some time to kill until the next #20 bus was scheduled so I wandered across the Commons to examine the new Pavilion at the Reddy Kilowatt skating oval. There really needed to be a permanent structure for the Zamboni and skate storage and washrooms and warming. The Pavilion designed by DSRA Architects… Read More

Do you ever have fantasies about living in odd buildings around town? Prince's Lodge music house? The Dingle Tower? Mumford Road Bus Terminal building? In the 1970s I used to imagine living in an old factory building that was at the south east corner of Brunswick and Duke Streets. We were just learning about the artist's… Read More

Valentine's Day is an occasion to give a loved one diamonds. I'm almost sure that's a thing. The real rocks are expensive but if you look around there are all sorts of diamonds waiting to be noticed and acknowledged. Admire this solitaire in a beautiful setting over a window on Barrington Street in Halifax. Or… Read More