Halifax Municipal Archives

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Identified! Tenement building on Market Street

  • jamica1 said:
    Goodness; about to topple over?
  • Steve Skafte said:
    No, it's just taken at a bad angle.
  • Halifax Municipal Archives said:
    You are probably right, Steve Skafte - but many of these Works Department images were taken by building inspectors documenting unsightly premises... This building most probably no longer exists because they started enforcing Ordinance 50 requiring upkeep of buildings.
  • Ryan Tucker said:
    "A Redevelopment Study of Halifax, Nova Scotia 1957" (Retrieval Code 711.45 .S8 v.1) refers to it as "TENEMENT BUILDING IN MARKET STREET" on page 14 (PDF page 25).
  • Halifax Municipal Archives said:
    Good catch, Ryan Tucker! It looks like we did note the study and that it was possibly on Market Street in the database description and forgot to note that here - we will go back in and make it clearer that we do think it is Market Street. Thank you for the identification!

Identified! Sewer project on Queen Street after Morris

  • Halifax Municipal Archives said:
    It has been suggested by a researcher that this photo could be of Queen St near Morris St, looking north towards Spring Garden Rd, with the old Halifax Infirmary on the right hand side of the photo. What do you think?
  • Ryan Tucker said:
    Definitely looks like Queen Street after Morris. 1320 Queen on the left and the Old Infirmary on the right. The facade and fencing on the right match an old photo of the Infirmary (www.facebook.com/share/p/1H5ZeKJVVv/?mibextid=wwXIfr)
  • Halifax Municipal Archives said:
    Thanks, Ryan Tucker! It does look like this is most likely the Halifax Infirmary. We'll update the database description to reflect the location.

Identified! Wallis Heights, Dartmouth

  • David Craig said:
    Formerly known as "Wallis Heights" in Dartmouth, now called Ocean Breeze. Soon to be all demolished.

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