This is the old design for the so-called “triangle lands” – the property just after Cogswell at the end of Granville Mall:

This was designed by Halifax’s WHW Architects, a prominent local firm who, I believe, are best known for their design of Clayton Park’s “flagship” Keshen Goodman Library:

It turns out that Crombie, the owners of the Triangle Lands, decided to ditch hometown WHW in favour of Toronto’s Zeidler Partnership Architects, a firm that is perhaps best known locally for their design of the Halifax Seawall’s Master Plan, and internationally for designing Toronto’s Trump International Hotel and Tower. This is what they came up with for the Triangle Lands:

Not bad, you say?

I agree. Definitely better than what WHW came up with – although, to be fair, WHW’s design was from the 90s…the 1890s!

Oh, [wiping tears from eyes] some jokes write themselves, don’t they? (correct answer: yes)

But, yeah, generally speaking, I think this would be a pretty sweet addition to the downtown core. And, thankfully, the development was approved in the 70s, so there’s no fear that it’ll get held up by NIMBYs or the Heritage Trust. [sigh of relief]

Now, if only some of these projects got built…imagine then.

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This is exactly the kind of stuff we should do in Halifax.

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