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The North End Halifax neighbourhood of Richmond bore the brunt of the explosion. [106] In 1917, Richmond was considered a working-class neighbourhood and had few paved roads. After the explosion, the Halifax Relief Commission approached the reconstruction of Richmond as an opportunity to improve and modernize the city's North End.
The armoury again served as an emergency shelter during the 1945 Bedford Magazine explosions, when thousands of North End residents evacuated toward the Halifax Common. The St. John Ambulance Brigade and the army worked together to shelter the evacuees for about 25 hours following the first explosion.
The North End has long been seen as a center of commerce, education, entertainment, and religion among African Nova Scotians. However, uncontrolled gentrification of the North End has changed the area's demographics considerably. [17] [16] [18] In recent years, the North End has become a popular destination for Halifax's growing university ...
Evacuation orders were issued to around 1,000 residents of Porters Lake, Nova Scotia, on May 23 due to wildfire, officials said.The fire was estimated to be 40 hectares in size but was growing ...
Five-storey Neo-Gothic style building housed offices of the Halifax Electric Tramway Company: 1916 Hydrostone District: Bordered by Novalea Drive, Duffus, Young, and Isleville Streets Public housing in Garden Suburb style; part of reconstruction of city's North End following Halifax Explosion of 1917 1917-20 Musquodoboit Harbour Railway Station
In other projects Wikidata item; Appearance. move to sidebar hide. ... Pages in category "North End, Halifax" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total.
Halifax Office Building 18 73 m (240 ft) 1971 The BMO building is located near the waterfront, and is home to the Bank of Montreal in Halifax. Dominion Public Building: 1713 Bedford Row Halifax Office Building 13 53.27 m (174.8 ft) 1929 1936 Example of Art Deco style in Halifax Halifax City Hall: 1841 Argyle Street Halifax Municipal Government ...
In 1996, with the creation of the newly amalgamated Halifax Regional Municipality (HRM), the Fire Service was consolidated through a merger of the fire departments of the cities of Halifax and Dartmouth, the town of Bedford and the many volunteer departments located throughout Halifax County. At that time, there were 515 career fire fighters ...