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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
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 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 ...
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.
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 ...
Hydrostone is a neighbourhood in the North End of the Halifax Peninsula in the Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia, Canada.It consists of ten short parallel streets and is bordered by Duffus Street to the north, Young Street to the south, Isleville Street to the west and Novalea Drive to the east.
Halifax Fire Department - Plaque commemorating first Fire Department in Canada, Grand Parade (Halifax), Nova Scotia. Halifax originated as a British fortification in 1749, followed by Dartmouth in 1750 and Sackville in 1751. The Halifax Fire Service is the oldest fire department in Canada (1754).
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