Yesterday or today the Chronicle-Herald archive posted a number of pics on their Facebook page. They typically post very little so I don't know what prompted this - perhaps trying to sabotage some revenue opportunities for management given the C-H labor situation. In any event, we are the beneficiary. Most of these are from the '40s through the '60s.
First, two taken at different times from the Dominion Public Building on Bedford Row looking north. These cover the area where Historic Properties, the Marriott Harborfront, the ferry terminal/Law Courts, and 1881 Hollis now stand.
The first is from the 1940s:
The second, from a slightly different angle, is from 1959. These show just how much of Historic Properties and the waterfront area is simply manufactured, bearing little relation to what was there originally:
This is an interesting wide-angle shot of the Roy Building and what is now Vogue Optical, formerly D'Alliards ladies wear in its heyday:
Looking south from the sidewalk in front of the Grand Parade on Barrington, early 1960s:
Looking north on Barrington, just past the familiar intersection with Spring Garden, with the Capitol Theater in the background:
Looking uphill on Sackville from the intersection with Barrington towards the Herald building. This was interesting because it shows what was on the corner of Sackville and Barrington in 1958 before the Canada Permanent building that now houses Starbucks and Durty Nellys was constructed:
Not quite sure where this is on Barrington but it shows the vibrant shopping street it once was in the early 1950s:
Last one, the actual Willow Tree in the middle of the intersection of the same name, mostly interesting because of the buildings on the right in the background which were replaced by the Gulf Building high-rise on the corner of Robie and Quinpool in the late 1960s with further development proposed in the future:
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Hali's right. So far we've yet to find an uglier university campus. It's more crowded now but just as ugly.
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