For the second time, council’s advisory committee recommended in favour of heritage registration for the former United Memorial Church on Wednesday. But this time, the owner of the property on Kaye Street in North End Halifax is on board. The former church was built in 1921 following the Halifax Explosion, replacing two nearby churches destroyed in...
Residents of Prospect Village got “no warning, and no communication” about upcoming demolition of house
Public Works bought the house in 2020 after saying it was a hazard to motorists and snowplow drivers. But documents from a freedom of information request show the department paid $11,000 over asking for the property deemed "in fair to poor condition at best" and wasn't a serious risk to drivers after all.
A temporary fence went up Monday morning around an old house at the entrance to Prospect Village — a sign that the building’s demolition is imminent. The Halifax Examiner previously reported that the Department of Transportation and Active Transit (since renamed Public Works) had purchased the vacant house, intending to tear it down. A story […]