Archive for June, 2009

St. John’s gets serious about design

Published June 24, 2009 City , Halifax , Willow Street , Windsor Street Leave a Comment

Windsor Street could get a very different look at this corner. (Photo illustration created from three images)

Windsor Street could get a very different look at this corner. (Photo illustration created from three images)

St. John’s United Church is hunting for an architect to help with the redevelopment of its building at the corner of Willow and Windsor streets. The congregation wants proposals to provide “design services” for the building of a smaller church facility and senior housing complex.
The new complex will replace the existing church.
The public call for tenders is just the latest step in the project. “There’s nothing new or startling” about the tender, said Brian Jay, leader of the team charged with implementing the redevelopment.
Jay said designs produced could ultimately be part of a development application to Halifax regional council.
Architecture firms have until noon, July 10, to deliver their proposals.
Jay said a newsletter providing updates on the project has already been delivered to about 200 neighbouring homes. Another newsletter may be produced in the fall.
Meanwhile, the church’s website has some information on the project. The Coast ran a detailed story in November about some of the problems facing the current church building.

Someone tell the artist

Published June 11, 2009 City , Halifax , Harris Street , Maynard Street Leave a Comment
Photocopy of a double-decker tour bus plastered on a garage door on Harris Street.

Photocopy of a double-decker tour bus plastered on a garage door on Harris Street.

The cinder-block warehouse won’t be the only casualty when it is dismantled. Three artsy urban photos are glued to the side of one of the building’s rotting plywood doors.

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Harris Street warehouse loses lid

Published June 10, 2009 City , Halifax , Harris Street , Maynard Street Leave a Comment
Demolition begins on warehouse at corner of Harris and Maynard streets.

Demolition begins on warehouse at corner of Harris and Maynard streets.

Someone has started tearing apart the warehouse that used to be Maritime Demolition’s Halifax location. The blue cinder-block building, which has been shuttered for several years, has lost its top.

The wild grass jungle between the sidewalk and Harris Street has been chopped down. The ground around the building is littered with roof tiles.

The building is at the junction of Buddy Daye and Maynard. Anyone know what’s destined for this corner?

Sable shipwreck map makes splash

Published June 5, 2009 Halifax Leave a Comment

A Nova Scotia Museum chart of Sable Island shipwrecks won as high an honour as a map can this week when it got profiled on the popular Strange Maps blog.
The website’s writer calls Sable Island’s location “eccentric” and “economically irrelevant,” but seems impressed with the sandbar’s rich list of victims.
The map and the accompanying article has attracted plenty of commentary.
Some readers are cherry-picking the oddest names of shipwrecks and cracking jokes.
“My fave ship name is the Esperanto! Wonder what language their ship log was in,” asks a poster named Robin.
Others are debating whether Sable is the rightful owner of the Graveyard of the Atlantic tag. It seems the Outer Banks off the Carolinas claims that brand name as well.

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