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Halifax is a small city and will remain so for the foreseeable future.

That being said, the appeal of the city is definitely not in its highrise buildings, although I think having some more in key locations could be positive since they could introduce more people and activity and some different architecture.

The big strengths of Halifax are its history, its population, and its geographic location. Even the photo above contains buildings like Government House, which perhaps has no equal in Canada in terms of combined quality and age. I am currently living in Vancouver and I miss the diverse mix of finely-scaled buildings that Halifax has.

It's really nice to have a city built on the water and I hope more of the downtown core is brought right down to the waterfront in the coming years. The Halkirk tower will contribute to this by tying in the Bishop's Landing area with the downtown a little more. There's also opportunity to make the area much more active with transportation connections to Bedford and tourist ferry routes to George's Island, etc.