[Halifax] The Sister Sites | 2X29 m | 2X9 floors | Completed - Page 24

Keith P. · #**461** Posted **Jan 6, 2015, 8:45 PM**

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Originally Posted by ILoveHalifax

That will require several levels of parking

Not in Halifax! Everyone who needs to go there should walk (because it is good for them) or take the bus. Or a bike, I suppose, since we have all these bike lanes going to waste.

pblaauw · #**462** Posted **Jan 7, 2015, 12:40 AM**

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Originally Posted by Keith P.

Not in Halifax! Everyone who needs to go there should walk (because it is good for them) or take the bus. Or a bike, I suppose, since we have all these bike lanes going to waste.

Nah, we'd just pave over the whole city and turn it into a giant parking lot for this. One lot, 30,000 parking spots.

JET · #**463** Posted **Jan 7, 2015, 4:04 PM**

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Originally Posted by eastcoastal

I think you should trademark Killer Stairs™

I have this image of 'The Killer Stairs' being a punk band that Keith was in in the 80's; don't know why, just came to me.

OldDartmouthMark · #**464** Posted **Jan 7, 2015, 5:39 PM**

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Originally Posted by JET

I have this image of 'The Killer Stairs' being a punk band that Keith was in in the 80's; don't know why, just came to me.

LOL... I was just thinking, what an awesome name for a band...

Keith P. · #**465** Posted **Jan 7, 2015, 10:50 PM**

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Originally Posted by JET

I have this image of 'The Killer Stairs' being a punk band that Keith was in in the 80's; don't know why, just came to me.

Yeah, man, we were great...

hokus83 · #**466** Posted **Jan 8, 2015, 6:07 PM**

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Originally Posted by Jonovision

I'm surprised no one posted a pic from inside the library yet.

Are they going to build a new Chicken Burger in the foundation where the old one was, it seems where to leave that mess there.

worldlyhaligonian · #**467** Posted **Jan 9, 2015, 6:58 PM**

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Originally Posted by hokus83

Are they going to build a new Chicken Burger in the foundation where the old one was, it seems where to leave that mess there.

I believe the building to the right with American Apparel is expanding south and also gaining a floor or 2?

Jonovision · #**468** Posted **Jan 11, 2015, 4:25 PM**

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Originally Posted by worldlyhaligonian

I believe the building to the right with American Apparel is expanding south and also gaining a floor or 2?

No additional floors, just an expansion and reconfiguration of the back half of the building.
http://tealarchitects.com/project/54...g-garden-road/

But I think the owner of Mills also owns the chickenburger site. There was talk of redevelopment in that way, but nothing ever came of it.

someone123 · #**469** Posted **Jan 11, 2015, 8:10 PM**

Yes, the extension of 5466 Spring Garden, the corner building, will only be something like 20 feet. A few years ago the former owner also mused about adding a third storey, so maybe that's a possibility someday.

The whole Chickenburger thing was really bizarre. Did it even last a year? It would have been much nicer to have the old house and restaurant there instead of the parking lot that's there now.

OldDartmouthMark · #**470** Posted **Jan 12, 2015, 7:55 PM**

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Originally Posted by Keith P.

Yeah, man, we were great...

Delayed reaction

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OldDartmouthMark · #**471** Posted **Jan 12, 2015, 8:03 PM**

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Originally Posted by someone123

The whole Chickenburger thing was really bizarre. Did it even last a year? It would have been much nicer to have the old house and restaurant there instead of the parking lot that's there now.

8 months:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-s...shed-1.1192930

And yeah, I agree with your comment.

counterfactual · #**472** Posted **Jan 16, 2015, 2:32 AM**

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Originally Posted by OldDartmouthMark

8 months:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-s...shed-1.1192930

And yeah, I agree with your comment.

"Mickey MacDonald says he wants to develop the area in advance of the ship building contracts. (CBC)"

Oh, those hay days of the post-ship-building-contract-announcement...

someone123 · #**473** Posted **Feb 14, 2015, 4:23 AM**

Sister Site #1 on the left, 5504 Spring Garden Road on the right. The Margaretta site in the back on the right is going to be developed soon too. A big change for Birmingham Street. It'll have a scale more like Dresden Row, but hopefully nicer looking modern buildings. There will also be a smoother transition from Schmidtville to Spring Garden Road. You used to have to pick your route a bit carefully if you wanted to walk along attractive, interesting streets. Hopefully the day will come when every street downtown has something interesting for pedestrians.

It's probably time to bury the overhead lines here too:

Source

someone123 · #**474** Posted **Feb 16, 2015, 12:15 AM**

Another photo:

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hokus83 · #**475** Posted **Feb 16, 2015, 12:32 AM**

anyone know why that white block appears to be drywall and not concrete like the rest of the building, could it be to build another chicken burger in the old foundation next to and then smash through the drywall with ease to open up access into the space?

kph06 · #**476** Posted **Feb 16, 2015, 1:51 AM**

The concrete sections are called "shear walls". They are a structural component of the building - not all exterior blank walls need to be shear walls so it is cheaper and easier to build them out of metal studs and external gyprock.

essaysmith · #**477** Posted **Feb 16, 2015, 10:18 PM**

I have heard rumors that make the Chicken Burger thing at least make a little sense. Posting it on here would probably get me in trouble though.

someone123 · #**478** Posted **Feb 16, 2015, 11:56 PM**

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Originally Posted by essaysmith

I have heard rumors that make the Chicken Burger thing at least make a little sense. Posting it on here would probably get me in trouble though.

Is there any possibility of activity on this site in the near future? I would love to see it developed as a small standalone site with something in the 8 storey range.

Developers usually like to consolidate lots so they can do larger buildings at once, but the smaller footprint buildings tend to be more interesting.

Drybrain · #**479** Posted **Feb 17, 2015, 12:56 AM**

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Originally Posted by someone123

Is there any possibility of activity on this site in the near future? I would love to see it developed as a small standalone site with something in the 8 storey range.

Developers usually like to consolidate lots so they can do larger buildings at once, but the smaller footprint buildings tend to be more interesting.

And a lot more in keeping with the traditional, dense, fine-grained kind of urbanism that built most of the world's most walkable cities and neighbourhoods. Consolidated lots are economically expedient but I wonder if there's any way planners or city governments can encourage developers to develop new buildings in that fashion

worldlyhaligonian · #**480** Posted **Feb 18, 2015, 3:43 AM**

How much space would there be if this is built? http://tealarchitects.com/project/54...g-garden-road/ (thank-you to Jonovision)

Something like 15XX barrington would be a nice fit / step down.