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HRM Council Approves Carbon Bombs for Carlton Block

FHC Editor 2024-01-14 No Comments

On January 23 HRM Council voted to give the Dexel / Lawen development even more benefit but still without any public benefit in exchange. For almost a decade HRM Council…

Lloyd Alter: Groundbreaking Study Highlights How Design and Development Decisions Affect Embodied Carbon

FHC Editor 2022-03-01 No Comments

“Groundbreaking study on embodied carbon comparing new build to retrofit and addition in Halifax Canada ignored by city, author told to ‘stop making things up.” Should be studied closely, big…

Public Hearings for Multiple Towers, September 7th

FHC Editor 2021-08-26 No Comments

HRM hosted two public hearings on September 7, 6pm (day after Labour Day) via zoom and approved Case 20761 and Case 22927. The huge public opposition to these proposals was…

Chronicle Herald: Group concerned with proposed central Halifax highrise developments

FHC Editor 2021-07-06 No Comments

Noushin Ziafati – July 6, 2021 An advocacy group says it’s concerned that a set of proposed highrise developments in central Halifax will negatively impact the historic Carlton Street neighbourhood…

Carlton Block’s “Upward Creep” Proposals Ignore Both Public Concerns and HRM Regional Plan Policy Considerations

FHC Editor 2021-07-04 No Comments

Media Release July 4, 2021 –For immediate release KJIPUKTUK (Halifax) HRM’s response to significant public concerns over two massive Spring Garden Road high-rises that will overwhelm and negatively impact the…

Unanimous Approval of Carlton St Developments New Low In City Governance

FHC Editor 2019-07-20 No Comments

Mayor Savage and Council’s unanimous approval of two proposal for four towers in historic Carlton Street’s neighbourhood is a new low in city governance. Eight hundred+ citizens petitioned against the…

Comedian Cathy Jones says Halifax losing ‘its livability and its character’ due to high-rise developments

FHC Editor 2019-07-12 No Comments

Chronicle Herald, July 8, 2019, Francis Campbell Comedian Cathy Jones says Halifax losing ‘its livability and its character’ due to high-rise developments Cathy Jones thrives on an ability to make…

HOWARD EPSTEIN: HRM council is kowtowing to developers

FHC Editor 2019-07-12 No Comments

Chronicle Herald, July 8, 2019 This is the council that is making Halifax unlivable. The main problems are in the unaffordability of housing and congested transportation. Council is not doing…

Citizens See 3-D model – but HRM won’t look!

FHC Editor 2019-06-10 No Comments

Development Option Halifax’s 3-D model of 2 Carlton Street proposals shows them together together for the first time. This cheap and available technology helps understand the scale, perspective and placement.…

3-D Model Shows the Big Picture

FHC Editor 2019-06-10 No Comments

Development Options Halifax wants the city to require 3-D models for all developments and for changes proposed with the Centre Plan. Learn why in this interview from News 95.7FM where…

Dear Centre Plan, Show us your 3-D models!

FHC Editor 2019-04-30 No Comments

FHC has joined other citizens to form Development Options Halifax. Recently the public saw our 3-D print model of 4 towers that 2 developers want to build at Carleton, College,…

Planning A Carlton Street Super Block Isn’t Urgent – It’s Premature, Piecemeal and Peculiar.

FHC Editor 2019-02-07 No Comments

Why exactly are Mayor Savage and HRM Council following the lead of the Lawen/Dexel and Rouvalis developers who want to break rules and jump ahead of HRM’s planning process to…

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HRM Council Approves Carbon Bombs for Carlton Block

Lloyd Alter: Groundbreaking Study Highlights How Design and Development Decisions Affect Embodied Carbon

Public Hearings for Multiple Towers, September 7th

Chronicle Herald: Group concerned with proposed central Halifax highrise developments

Carlton Block’s “Upward Creep” Proposals Ignore Both Public Concerns and HRM Regional Plan Policy Considerations

Unanimous Approval of Carlton St Developments New Low In City Governance

Comedian Cathy Jones says Halifax losing ‘its livability and its character’ due to high-rise developments

HOWARD EPSTEIN: HRM council is kowtowing to developers

Citizens See 3-D model – but HRM won’t look!

3-D Model Shows the Big Picture

Dear Centre Plan, Show us your 3-D models!

Planning A Carlton Street Super Block Isn’t Urgent – It’s Premature, Piecemeal and Peculiar.

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