#halifax has a proud history of people living in emergency shelters on public land. builthalifax.ca/2021/08/26/a-b…

and this..

TY Elizabeth Cushing 4 giving me the curiosity bug on Octagon House. Also TY 2 hfxgov Municipal Archives for helping me out with these 2 pics #Dartmouth #heritage #History

TDIH: (1863) The first covered skating rink in British North America opened in Halifax, at the Horticultural Gardens, known by Haligonians today as Public Gardens. cbc.ca/news/canada/no…

Spring is in the air, which means one of the best weekends of the year is coming up. Save the date for Jane's Walk 2022! From May 7th-8th we'll explore our city via a series of citizen-led walking tours celebrating Jane Jacobs’ life and ideas. #JanesWalkHFX

This is fun. MVC reconstruction from 1917. note the horse. so should this be an EVC? E/MVC?

Last Fall, i found a section of the abandoned roadbed that led to the Narrows Bridge. builthalifax.ca/2018/01/31/the…

Went for a walk. Saw a bunch of hard hats staring into a hole. 2 possibilities - 1. Un marked utilities or 2.Buried old stuff:

Also this was buried under cogswell..

Welcome to all the new followers. builthalifax.ca is a site that attempts to tell the history of the Built environment in Halifax. and explain what got built where and why. its a work in progress.

builtHFX Hi there, we believe this is a coal access port attached to approx. 6 metres of stone wall - a structure identified during excavations for a duct bank trench. -mc

CBC has picked up the cogswell ruins story cbc.ca/news/canada/no…

Anyone know where the WW I trenches in long lake park are?

The WWII Air defences of Halifax. builthalifax.ca/2023/01/13/wwi… This is a very rough post (images are massive, text incomplete)but to good not to share

Crappy day, but I found intact earthworks and building remains at the Purcell’s Cove HAA site

Stick with it kids.

Great Thread.

some of the oldest footage of crews responding to a fire, and there is some dumbass, in the way and oblivious.