Central Halifax

[Fred8]

Someone ran a Halifax wiki a couple of years ago and named the area North of Quinpool (shown as Central Halifax here) as Greektown... hilarious and descriptive:

• The Athens
• The Spartan
• It's All Greek To Me
• Mezza

This neighbourhood is on the cusp of something... not sure what. If some of the proposed Quinpool upgrading and redesign takes place it could become the hottest mixed use district in town. I would not be surprised to see the Quinpool Center demolished and the site totally re-developed at some point in the not too distant future. It has great potential.

[Waye Mason]

I could see the whole plaza between the Superstore and Canadian Tire being leveled, and I have heard rumours that Superstore wants to build on the St Pats High property, so that would allow all sorts of changes and re-designs.  I think Greektown is still a little premature, its not the Danforth in Toronto, yet, though it does seem to be getting close to that!

[Gravitas]

It does have a 'vibe' that reminds me of the Danforth, but you're right - it's not quite there yet. A little more density/vibrancy ... a few more places open late to get people on the street .. and you never know.

Does Quinpool have a street festival? That might be a decent catalyst.

[Waye Mason]

Maybe I should organize one! 

[Tim Topping]

Maybe I should organize one! 

Seconded.

[disasternat]

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

[Waye Mason]

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

[disasternat]

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.

[Waye Mason]

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)"