All the neighbourhoods within walking distance
HALIFAX — Once again Maynard Street played a pivotal role hosting the Blue Nose Marathon. Over 5,800 runners ran north on the residential road on Sunday before doing different loops around the north end and Dartmouth depending on whether they were 5k, 10k, half-marathon or marathon racers.
Thanks to the North and Agricola reader who provided these pictures but declined to be credited.
It’s time to open hostilities against the ubiquitous black wall-mounted metal boxes that sully the front of so many homes. After all, Canada Post is hitting a fever pitch delivering Christmas cards and presents. Let’s receive them in style.
Some neighbours take a stand. Their choices of oddball, homemade and hand-painted mailboxes add a refreshing flavour to the street. They’ve jazzed it up for the letter carrier. The mailbox usually occupies a high-profile piece of front siding. May as well make it glow.
Photos were taken, from the top, on North, Charles and Black streets.
HALIFAX – Some enterprising North Street residents have made their home a public bulletin board. It’s a shrewd move given the traffic that moves by the front door.
Handbills advertise some local art and theatre shows, as well as a cleaning service that specializes in “disgusting bathrooms.” A chalkboard on the sidewalk side of the house reads:
I wish I was a french
Flying on the Bun
Pineapple juice and rum
my ketchup — Dawe
It may be that letters were modified by passersby. “Bun” looks like it may have been “Sun”. Still, any readers care to decode the above verse? The house is on the south side of the 5600 block.
Candy for all the eyeballs that travel North Street.
Central American food lovers mill outside Cafe Aroma Latino on Tuesday.
A spillover crowd chatted and ate tamales at a party for the new “La Villa on Agricola” development on North and Agricola streets on Tuesday. The grand opening marks another leap forward for the intersection.
Kids played tag among the guests who flowed out on the sidewalk in front of the building. La Villa contains art studios, a restaurant and apartments. It even has a meeting room with all sorts of AV gizmos that can be booked by non-tenants.
Hard to pigeonhole this event. It was partly an art show as painters, photographers and other artists showed off their ground floor studios.
It was also a restaurant opening and food store launch. Claudia Pinto, owner of the brightly coloured Cafe Aroma Latino, kept a tasty buffet of Guatemalan and Mexican food topped up and steaming.
Finally, it was an open house. A volunteer gave visitors a tour of the upstairs. The guide showed off views from what will be a rooftop terrace. Also featured was the last of 24 units in the complex which remains to be rented, a surprisingly quiet apartment looking down North Street toward the bridge.
Guests mingle among the art studios and galleries.
