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Halifax City Hall
 
By Cosmos Mariner, July 25, 2019
Halifax City Hall Marker (wide view)
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1 ► Nova Scotia, Halifax Region, Halifax, Downtown Halifax — Halifax City Hall / Hôtel de ville d'Halifax —
English: The Halifax City Hall, erected between 1887 and 1890, is the largest and one of the oldest municipal buildings in Nova Scotia. Designed by a local architect, Edward Elliot, its elegant facade features an attractive and . . . — — Map (db m139509) HM
2 ► Nova Scotia, Halifax Region, Halifax, Downtown Halifax — The Explosion Clock —
The hands on the north clock face in the City Hall tower, opposite on Duke Street, are permanently fixed at 9:04:35 the exact moment of the wartime Halifax Explosion the morning of 6 December 1917. The clock face, a replica of the City Hall . . . — — Map (db m139510) HM
3 ► Nova Scotia, Halifax Region, Halifax, Downtown Halifax — "Old" Dalhousie and the Grand Parade —
The year is 1821. You are looking south in the Grand Parade towards Saint Paul's, the oldest Anglican church in Canada. Turn and face north: the fine building you see is not City Hall, but "old" Dalhousie College. In a long, often acrimonious, . . . — — Map (db m139592) HM
 
 
  
  
 
 
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