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Identified! Tenement building on Market Street

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  • 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! Liverpool Town Hall

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Identified! Corner of Vernon and Pepperell Streets looking north to Quinpool Rd.

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  • Bill Jarvis said:
    The car is a 1964 Chevrolet.
  • Cara MacDonald said:
    Corner of Cornwallis and Bauer looking up towards the Commons?
  • Halifax Municipal Archives said:
    Thanks for another date verification Bill Jarvis!
  • Halifax Municipal Archives said:
    That does look like the right distance down from the Commons, Cara MacDonald - but since the building on the corner is not the same as the row-houses there now, we can't be sure. Any other clues?
  • Ryan Tucker said:
    Looks like Vernon at Pepperell, looking north toward Canadian Tire at the corner, and Saint Joseph's Orphanage on the other side of Quinpool. Refs: Aerial overview of the city - Quinpool Road (Retrieval Code #102-105-1-49-1088-54) and Vernon St. [corner of Pepperell St.] (Retrieval Code 102-39-1-1272)

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