Archive for the 'Agricola Street' Category
Wehrmacht rolls into neighbourhood
Published June 15, 2010 Agricola Street , June Street , Maynard Street , West Street Leave a CommentTags: movie, Trailer-Park-Boys, TV
HALIFAX — Actors dressed as German and English soldiers patrolled Sarah and June streets on Tuesday. It’s all part of the television production The Drunk and on Drugs Happy Funtime Hour now being filmed by the people behind the Trailer Park Boys.
Aerial view of Duffus-Novalea roundabout
Published June 1, 2010 Agricola Street , Cogswell Street , Cunard Street , Devonshire Avenue , Duffus Street , Halifax , North Park Street , Robie Street Leave a CommentTags: cars, cycling, Halifax, pedestrian, roads, traffic

The proposed roundabout at Novalea and Duffus, with the existing intersection shown inset. (Images created by HRM staff.)
City council has already approved the roundabout in principle. A recent city staff report in favour of roundabouts provided the diagram above, as well as proposed makeovers for the intersections of Cunard-Agricola-North Park (see below), Robie-Quinpool-Bell and North Park-Trollope-Cogswell-Ahern-Rainnie Drive.
Proposed Roundabout at Cunard-Agricola-North Park
High-altitude woodwork relies on ropes
Published May 29, 2010 Agricola Street , Cunard Street , Halifax , Woodill Street 1 CommentTags: arborist, forestry, Halifax, tree
HALIFAX — A forester using only climbing gear and a chain saw is in the final stretch of cutting down a seven-storey-high tree. The poplar is located in an Agricola Street backyard. Jamie Simpson was hired to remove the tree because the trunk was creeping too close to a home’s foundation. He makes his way through the tree by cutting off short branches and lowering them with the help of an assistant on the ground.

These pictures were taken Saturday afternoon.

A helper on the ground helps lower branches cut by the forester, seen here two-thirds of the way up the tree.







