News 1. Halifax cop accused of using police database to investigate his girlfriend’s ex-husband I reported yesterday: A Halifax police officer used a police computer database to improperly investigate his girlfriend’s ex-husband, alleges a lawsuit filed in Supreme Court Wednesday. The details of the allegations are at the link, but the oddest part of the story […]
The Great Cogswell Screw-Up, Round 2?
In 1970, city planners refused to listen to the public and built the Cogswell Interchange, now recognized as a colossal screw-up. Today, a new group of city planners is working to tear down the Cogswell and build an extension to downtown, but they're mostly working in the dark and eschewing public consultation. Will this be the Great Cogswell Screw-up, Round 2?
There were a few golden moments at the Art of City Building conference held yesterday at the Central Library, one in particular when architectural historian and critic Hans Ibelings shared a favourite cartoon: One planner says to another, “Let’s replace the mistakes of the past… with new ones.” The joke is relevant in Halifax these […]