HALIFAX - Do you notice that central Halifax contains a lot of iron fences and railings?  To the west of Citadel Hill full blocks of former Commons are surrounded by high iron railings: Camp Hill Cemetery, the Public Gardens and the Wanderers Grounds.  This group of fences started to be installed early in the 1900s and their plain iron uprights combine strength and transparency – keep us out but allow us to see in.  One of the things that make the Gardens special is the fact that our entry is controlled (and we love to complain about it).

HALIFAX - You've probably never seen the most important mid-19th century building in town. In the 1850s, it must have seemed like today’s “Ship Start Here” contract. A huge government building project that at one stage employed 300 men: so large it required the contractor to build a modern brickyard in Eastern Passage and a steam powered woodworking factory on the waterfront. And where is it? Behind the walls of Canadian Forces Base Halifax - Stadacona, is the block long Wellington Barracks. What survives is the officer’s residence and it ...

HALIFAX - Lately I have been looking at “snapshots” I took of downtown Halifax about 1967. It made me realize that for most of my life there have been big holes as lots were cleared and remained empty for years and sometimes decades. These not very clear pictures show the corner of Prince and Market Streets looking south east. I did not take them as a real panorama but they almost fit and together they give a more comprehensive sense of the site. The desirable little brick building remained ...

VIEW-8198 Ship at foot of King Street, St. John, NB, 1915 (?) Wm. Notman & Son Probably 1915, 20th century Notman photographic Archives - McCord Museum To see the image file on the McCord Museum website, click on the following link: www.mccord-museum.qc.ca/en/collection/artifacts/VIEW-8198 Photo courtesy of the McCord Museum.

VIEW-5490 Barrington Street, Halifax, NS, about 1915 Wm. Notman & Son About 1915, 20th century Description "Halifax, N.S.: Capital and commercial centre of the picturesque province of Nova Scotia, Halifax is charmingly situated on one of the most magnificent natural harbors of the world. It is one of Canada's two Atlantic winter ports, with important trade to Europe, the United States, the West Indies, etc., and is also a large naval and military station. It is strongly fortified, chief of the fortifications being the Citadel, elevated 256 feet above sea-level, and commanding the city ...

Halifax, Nova Scotia Photo by Stephen Cushing, member of Spacing Atlantic's flickr pool.

Saint John, New Brunswick Photo by Gillian Barfoot, member of Spacing Atlantic's Flickr Pool.

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