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FHC asks HRM About Armoyen/Chedrawe @ Public Meeting

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On September 17, 2016 FHC attended a public meeting about the proposed 29 Storey Armoyen and 25-storey Chedrawe Highrises. Here are our questions: 1. The Halifax Common was designated as…

FHC Signs Coalition Letter to Mayor & HRM Councillors

FHC Editor 2015-09-09 No Comments

Coalition of Community Groups to Council: “Stop Misuse of Development Agreements to Circumvent Approved Plans and Regulations” Friends of Halifax Common has joined the Coalition for Responsible Development in HRM, which includes…

Halifax Examiner: Wanderers Ground “Unsafe”

FHC Editor 2015-08-28 No Comments

“The Wanderers Ground is a soggy mess.” writes Tim Bousquet (Aug. 28). That’s why a long-planned Rugby Canada Match against Glasgow (Scotland) Warriors scheduled for the Halifax Common’s Wanderer’s Grounds…

St Pat’s Deadline & Bullshit At 6067 Quinpool Road Post

FHC Editor 2015-08-13 No Comments

Friday, August 14 is the deadline for comments at Shape Your City/Manipulate The Citizens for the former St Pat’s High School at 6067 Quinpool Rd. The April 2014 decision to…

Howard Epstein To Mayor Savage: Use Your Best Efforts

FHC Editor 2015-07-23 No Comments

July 15, 2015 Mayor Mike Savage PO Box 1749, Halifax, NS B3J 3A5 Your Worship: I am writing on behalf of Friends of Halifax Common to set out an important…

St Pat’s Background Report Inaccurate, Inadequate & Biased

FHC Editor 2015-07-20 No Comments

HRM has posted a background report by WSP Canada Inc. about the former St. Patrick’s High School site (Quinpool 6067) in advance of Wendesday’s meeting. The three concept designs are…

St Pat’s High School Property – Public Meeting- Wed. Jul. 22

FHC Editor 2015-07-16 No Comments

There’s a public open house to review and comment on three preliminary design options for St Pat’s High School on Wed., July 22, 6:30 – 9 p.m., Halifax Forum, Multi-Purpose…

Herald Opinion – Halifax Common Takes Another Hit

FHC Editor 2015-06-23 No Comments

Published June 22, 2015 – On June 23, 1763, King George III granted 240 acres of common land “to and for the use of the inhabitants of the town of…

CBC Radio Interview- Common’s Death by a Thousand Cuts

FHC Editor 2015-06-22 No Comments

On the eve of the Halifax Common's 252 anniversary CBC Mainstreet's Stephanie Domet interviews Peggy Cameron. The conversation outlines the many decisions that the city is making in advance of…

Write to Protect the Halifax Common

FHC Editor 2015-06-21 No Comments

This year Halifax will commemorate the June 23rd anniversary of the 240 acre Halifax Common grant from King George III by cutting several mature trees to make way for a…

100 in 1 Day Halifax – June 6/7, 2015

FHC Editor 2015-06-07 No Comments

For FHC 100 in 1 Day is the perfect way to Celebrate the Common. To remind Haligonians of the Halifax Common’s real size the Friends have marked the perimeter by…

Urban Halifax stream dormant but not gone

FHC Editor 2015-05-04 No Comments

Op Ed for the Chronicle Herald by John DeMont. It occurred like so many great insights have at Charlie’s Club on a Wednesday night, with the smell of hops and…

Jane’s Walk – Freshwater Brook, Halifax Common – Sunday May 3, 11am

FHC Editor 2015-04-28 No Comments

Did you know that Halifax has its own lost river system? Join Jane’s Walk guide, Ben Wedge on the North Common to explore Halifax’s river system and its influence on…

Cartography of the Commons – Workshops with Zachery Gough

FHC Editor 2015-04-20 No Comments

Cartography of the Commons is a collective mapping initiative and workshop series by artist Zachery Gough to take stock of the things we share in Halifax. We’ll swap info about…

Is Parking for the Common Good?

FHC Editor 2015-03-12 No Comments

Letter To The Coast Magazine by Peggy Cameron, Coordinator, Friends of the Halifax Common Great job describing myriad reasons why metro pedestrians feel they’re the last on the list. I…

HRM Tender for The Pavilion at The Oval

FHC Editor 2015-02-23 No Comments

The Halifax Examiner reports: after much delay, the city is offering the tender for construction of the pavilion at The Oval. Back in 2012, the city issued a request for proposals…

Effective Lighting & Public Safety on the Common

FHC Editor 2015-01-18 No Comments

Letter To The Coast Magazine by Peggy Cameron, Coordinator, Friends of the Halifax Common Glare And Present Danger – Letter to the Editor, January 15, 2015. Although we can feel…

The Common Streetscape vs Towers, Wind & Shadows

FHC Editor 2015-01-14 No Comments

Why is another Halifax neighbourhood up for grabs? Chronicle Herald Op Ed, Jan. 14, 2015 by Andrea Arbic, Peggy Cameron, Kathy Moggridge, Steve Parcell and J. Grant Wanzel HRMʼs Municipal…

Letter to Herald- Will Halifax City Council See The Wisdom of Daylighting River?

FHC Editor 2015-01-07 No Comments

Paul Schneiderheit’s story highlights the benefits of daylighting streams. Jan 6, 2015- Chronicle Herald – Schneiderheit One omission is that HRM’s 2006 daylighting policy specifies two water courses: Dartmouth’s Sawmill…

More Pavement Slated for the Central Common

WebAdmin 2014-12-15 No Comments

FHC has learned the Pavilion parking lot on the Central Common is slated for paving. Soon. The restricted (not public) lot is directly beside the wading pool and the pathway…

Blockbuster Highrise Proposed for Quinpool & Robie

WebAdmin 2014-11-03 No Comments

Presently there are 2 proposals by 2 developers for 3 block-buster towers of 28, 24 and 12 storeys near the Willow Tree intersection. (For comparison, Fenwick Towers is 32 storeys…

Halifax Common vs. Block Buster Highrises

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Presently there are 2 proposals by 2 developers for 3 block-buster towers of 28, 24 and 12 storeys near the Willow Tree intersection. (For comparison, Fenwick Towers is 32 storeys…

Freshwater Brook & Sawmill River

FHC Editor 2014-11-02 No Comments

What do these two watercourses, Freshwater Brook and Sawmill River, have in common you might ask? Well, for now, they are both underground. Freshwater Brook drains the Halifax Common watershed…

Interview ~ Invasive Species Phylum Paveia, News 95.7 – Rick Howe Show

WebAdmin 2014-10-07 No Comments

Listen and learn about the invasive Phylum Paveia, responsible for the creeping disappearance of green space on the Halifax Common…

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FHC asks HRM About Armoyen/Chedrawe @ Public Meeting

FHC Signs Coalition Letter to Mayor & HRM Councillors

Halifax Examiner: Wanderers Ground “Unsafe”

St Pat’s Deadline & Bullshit At 6067 Quinpool Road Post

Howard Epstein To Mayor Savage: Use Your Best Efforts

St Pat’s Background Report Inaccurate, Inadequate & Biased

St Pat’s High School Property – Public Meeting- Wed. Jul. 22

Herald Opinion – Halifax Common Takes Another Hit

CBC Radio Interview- Common’s Death by a Thousand Cuts

Write to Protect the Halifax Common

100 in 1 Day Halifax – June 6/7, 2015

Urban Halifax stream dormant but not gone

Jane’s Walk – Freshwater Brook, Halifax Common – Sunday May 3, 11am

Cartography of the Commons – Workshops with Zachery Gough

Is Parking for the Common Good?

HRM Tender for The Pavilion at The Oval

Effective Lighting & Public Safety on the Common

The Common Streetscape vs Towers, Wind & Shadows

Letter to Herald- Will Halifax City Council See The Wisdom of Daylighting River?

More Pavement Slated for the Central Common

Blockbuster Highrise Proposed for Quinpool & Robie

Halifax Common vs. Block Buster Highrises

Freshwater Brook & Sawmill River

Interview ~ Invasive Species Phylum Paveia, News 95.7 – Rick Howe Show

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