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How about for now we try with the north as "Central Halifax (possibly Windsor Gardens)" and the south of Quinpool parts as "Central Halifax (jokingly Little Toronto)"

Hmmm its hard to say but I believe that the areas between

Robie (between Quinpool and Cunard) and Oxford Street (could go as far as Connaught) would be the East-West boundaries

and

Quinpool Road Cunard, extending to Chebucto as the North South boundaries.

I think also if you look at older maps of the areas as it was growing and starting to be built up the area was referred to Cogswell's Division... just the historical names, worth considering.

Not sure I agree with the area being called Little Toronto - even though I understand the comparison I am not sure its appropriate.

Anyway - that's my two cents.

Would you call the whole part north of Quinpool  Windsor Gardens?    Just wondering what the east/west/north/south borders were/are.

I think this part of the map `Central Halifax`which more or less encompasses the old Cogswell property (by old I mean it was known as the Cogswell Property in the 1890s when Henry Cogswell died in London, England)... I`ve been toying with the idea of bringing this forward for a while...

But when Henry Cogswell died in 1895 (I think thats the date off the top of my head) he asked that if his land was subdivided, which at the time it was well on its way to being divided up into lots, that it be called Windsor Gardens.

He donated the triangled shaped park on Parker Street as a permanent public space - so I would suggest that we call this part of town Windsor Gardens - it reflects the nature of the streets being lined with large trees, houses built circa 1880-1910 and would allow us to nail the name in history...

I`m writing a history of this neighbourhood so I`ve come across these things in my research - I just throw that out there.

Nat Smith
Williams Street

Looks that way.  If they had any balls over at WTC they would tell us the percentage of tickets sold out of HRM (they have the Postal Codes for advances).  That would help establish the reality of the economic impact.

Waye, I don't have the chance to 'support' the CWG, because that opportunity for Halifax was killed through an unfortunate mixture of (admittedly) bad public relations management on the part of the bid committee, combined with a handful of loud and shortsighted naysayers who don't want Halifax to become anything more than it is, combined with a total void of political leadership. To answer the question I think you meant, however: yes. I DID support the bid for the CWG.

And no, Waye, it's not "Spend the money, damn the torpedos?  Debt, whatever, our kids can pay it off?" It's a case of wanting some of the kinds of benefits Vancouver just experienced by hosting the Olympics (albeit on a smaller scale). I don't really feel like detailing those benefits here and now, but if you really want me to, I will.

And no again, Waye, it's not that I believe one concert puts a city 'on the map'. I believe that hosting major acts brings publicity (and therefore international name-recognition) to a city, which is important to businesses here. I also believe - sorry, KNOW - that major acts also bring money into a city from outside that city. Money that grows the economy. Money that wouldn't otherwise come here. Money that probably wouldn't have gone elsewhere if it hadn't come here. And money that might just come back (hey! maybe even during a local music or art festival!), because sometimes that money hasn't been here before and didn't know what a cool and interesting place Halifax actually was.

I sense that on this, we may have to agree to disagree.

I suppose you support the CWG as well?  Spend the money, damn the torpedos?  Debt, whatever, our kids can pay it off?

Do you really think that Halifax "got on the map" because of one concert?

I do. I shared my thoughts on the Herald site under the name 'growingcity'.

Have at me, fellas, who thinks McCartney was worth $750,000 in taxpayers money?