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Originally Posted by eastcoastal
I like the sterility on such a busy street... I don't know that a whole street of buildings like this would work, but I think it's a nice fit for the area.
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I think it can be okay if a small percentage of buildings are like this. The risk in Halifax is that districts like SGR are very small -- really only about four blocks -- and could be swamped by a handful of developments.
Rather than redeveloping all of the old buildings I hope some development goes into expanding the borders of the commercial core. The retail part of Spring Garden could be extended out to Robie, for example, although lots of mistakes have already been made along that stretch that will make it difficult to build up in the future. Queen is another corridor that could work.