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 ...

HALIFAX - Last week we told you about the Nova Scotia Archives' crowd-sourcing project on Flickr. Since then, the project has received 50,000 views and a number of photographs have been identified. This weekend, one of the most mysterious photos of the bunch now has a name and a location. This eerie photo of seemingly abandoned buildings on a tiny island had everyone guessing:

Over a year ago, the Nova Scotia Archives began a pretty standard scanning project. We have close to 100,000 images on our website and every year we add thousands more... that amounts to many, many hours spent scanning. The photos in question were nitrate negatives, not prints. Nitrate refers to a type of film base. It was one of the first transparent bases made available commercially, way back in the 1880s. Photos developed from nitrate negatives are gorgeous, but there is a bit of a problem with the ...

The Nova Scotia Archives is pleased to share photos showcasing the changing faces of urban centers in Nova Scotia. You can learn more about the archives and explore thousands of photos, textual records, maps, art, and more on their website. Established in 1750, the Halifax Farmers' Market is the oldest continuously running market in North America. Sitting at the entrance to the Halifax Harbour, the Halifax Seaport Market is the market's fourteenth location since its creation by Royal Proclamation in 1750. Market Day in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Bedford Row and Cheapside, ca. 1869

HALIFAX - Start Saturday night off right with Halifax Independent Film Festival's screening of Metropolis featuring live, local musical accompaniment by Lukas Pearse, Tim Crofts, Geordie Haley and D'Arcy Gray. Fritz Lang's 1927 expressionist, sci-fi film, Metropolis, is set in a futuristic city sharply divided between the working class and the city planners; the plot further thickens when the son of the city's mastermind falls in love with a working class prophet who predicts the coming of a savior to mediate their differences. WHAT: Screening - Metropolis with live musical accompaniment WHEN: Saturday, April 2nd, 7pm - 10pm WHERE: Alumni Hall, King’s New Academic Building, 6350 Coburg Road HOW MUCH:  $5 Suggested Donation

HALIFAX - In conjunction with Aimée Brown's artist residency in Point Pleasant Park this season, she will be performing a Lamplighter's Invocation, Saturday, March 19, starting at 7:10 pm at the Gatekeeper's Lodge on Young and Point Pleasant Street. This performance will commemorate and illuminate the old and new sites for the Point Pleasant Park cast iron lamps, constructed by the Glasgow Corporation Lighting Department in 1900. The lamps, removed from the Tower Road entrance to be refinished and retrofitted with LED lights, are currently being placed near the Park Gates and the Gatekeeper's Lodge,establishing a distinct Victorian-era ...

The Nova Scotia Archives is pleased to share photos showcasing the changing faces of urban centers in Nova Scotia. You can learn more about the archives and explore thousands of photos, textual records, maps, art, and more on their website. A "then and now" comparison of busy Halifax streets. If you have a street, neighbourhood, or landmark you'd like to see covered in 'From the Vaults,' please leave a comment with your suggestions. Looking towards Citadel Hill from the foot of George Street Photo ca. 1879. Activity on the street indicates that it was market day.

The Nova Scotia Archives is pleased to share photos showcasing the changing faces of urban centers in Nova Scotia. You can learn more about the archives and explore thousands of photos, textual records, maps, art, and more on their website. One of the finest surviving examples of Victorian Gardens in North America, the Halifax Public Gardens began on Common land by the Nova Scotia Horticultural Society in 1836. (Text from Friends of the Historic Public Gardens and HRM.) Public Gardens Plan, ca. 1954 The Society's aims were to establish a garden to promote an interest in botany and proper horticultural technique - "to improve the culture of the best kinds of fruit, the most useful vegetables, shrubs trees, and choice flowers," while at the same time providing a delightful retreat for the citizens.