[Dartmouth] Penhorn Mall - Page 3

Keith P. · #41 Posted: **Jul 3, 2008, 12:49 AM**

Now all the rats are homeless...

Dmajackson · #42 Posted: **Jul 3, 2008, 12:55 AM**

Well nearby stores will get a increase in the number of mouse/rat traps they're selling.

Seriously though sometimes i do feel bad when a building comes down but I really don't care much for WalMart.

reddog794 · #43 Posted: **Jul 3, 2008, 7:09 AM**

I played tape hockey in those upstairs storage rooms...

hfx_chris · #44 Posted: **Jul 3, 2008, 12:48 PM**

I used to hide out in those upstairs storage rooms when I didn't feel like working. I was such an upstanding employee

hfx_chris · #45 Posted: **Jul 4, 2008, 9:22 PM**

Just a couple of quick ones I took this morning

penhornpal · #46 Posted: **Jul 21, 2008, 5:28 PM**

rats were poisoned before the building came down

hfx_chris · #47 Posted: **Jul 21, 2008, 5:34 PM**

I was surprised, I went away for a week expecting by the time I got back the store would be completely demolished, but that wall facing Portland Street is still standing, just as it was 2 weeks ago.

terrynorthend · #48 Posted: **Jul 21, 2008, 6:02 PM**

I think that wall is all that is keeping the remaining rats (and tenants) dry.

Takeo · #49 Posted: **Jul 21, 2008, 11:51 PM**

BTW... I would just like to say... good riddance. Not that I'm a fan of what Dartmouth Crossing has wrought... leading to all these abandoned stores and forcing people to drive further out... but Penhorn has been going to seed since the early 90's. It's about time they put a bullet in it's head.

hfx_chris · #50 Posted: **Jul 22, 2008, 2:55 AM**

It appears they've begin demolishing the section of the mall which was immediately adjacent to the Wal-Mart.

hfx_chris · #51 Posted: **Jul 23, 2008, 9:38 PM**

Now they're pretty much back to where Tim Hortons used to be.

Anybody manage to save, or know where I can find the diagram that was in the Herald many moons ago which showed the layout of the completed proposal?

HaliStreaks · #52 Posted: **Jul 25, 2008, 1:31 PM**

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Originally Posted by hfx_chris

Anybody manage to save, or know where I can find the diagram that was in the Herald many moons ago which showed the layout of the completed proposal?

I'm looking for it too, I've gone through archives, other pages and can only still get that tiny crappy thumbnail. ARGH!

hfx_chris · #53 Posted: **Jul 25, 2008, 4:38 PM**

Where did you find the thumbnail? Even that would be better than nothing...

HaliStreaks · #54 Posted: **Jul 25, 2008, 6:00 PM**

Here we go, bigger than the thumbnail, still not as big as the original though...

terrynorthend · #55 Posted: **Jul 26, 2008, 1:28 AM**

Haha, it strikes me that this development has WAY more surface parking than it will ever need...

Takeo · #56 Posted: **Jul 26, 2008, 1:32 AM**

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Originally Posted by terrynorthend

Haha, it strikes me that this development has WAY more surface parking than it will ever need...

Ya. The parking lot beside Sears is massive.

hfx_chris · #57 Posted: **Jul 26, 2008, 1:56 AM**

Indeed, it never reaches half full from my experience..
Anyway, thanks for posting it!

Spitfire75 · #58 Posted: **Jul 27, 2008, 3:55 PM**

I removed some of the parking. Looks much better IMO.

hfx_chris · #59 Posted: **Jul 27, 2008, 10:38 PM**

Keep in mind too, they're supposedly keeping a chunk of the mall, the part shown behind the Sears; that's going to need parking as well. They could probably get away with making the parking lot next to Sears smaller, put some green space between the parking lot and the apartment buildings next to it.
Also keep in mind that rendering doesn't show the new bus terminal, which is supposed to be larger than the existing one. No idea how much space that would take up, but I can't see it impacting on the parking lots.

hfx_chris · #60 Posted: **Aug 12, 2008, 6:46 PM**

So, the current status. The wall closest to Portland Street is still standing, although slowly - very slowly - is coming down. Everything else is just piles of rubble.
Part of the mall was demolished, as far as the mall doors where the Tim Hortons used to be. My guess is they'll do this in two stages, with stage one being the demo of Wal-Mart and construction of the Sobeys in its place, and stage 2 will be the construction of the new strip mall where ever it's going to be, and the demolition of the rest of the mall, old Sobeys, theatres and Moore's building following the opening of the new mall.