Month: April 2012

Portland Valley: Woodlawn

Continuing on with the Portland Valley Shopping Pocket Woodlawn has gone through some changes. In Area 1 Woodlawn Mall started as an enclosed Mall with Save Easy on one end and the Met on the other with the Kandy Kounter (where...

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Portland Valley: Penhorn

1st installment of  Portland Valley Shopping Pocket Penhorn Mall once stood where areas 1-4 are, my first real job was at Sobeys Penhorn as a parcel pickup monkey (good times) Penhorn started off as a one aisle enclosed mall...

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Shopping Pockets: Portland Valley

Portland Valley the Retail area of Portland Street that crosses the 111 (exit 7w) in Dartmouth I have separated into 5 sub areas Penhorn – where Penhorn Mall once stood Woodlawn – Woodlawn Mall in it’s many...

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Ikea in Burnside?

OK a little misleading for Retro Sunday but it is April fools day 25 years ago in 1987 we had our own IKEA right here in HRM in fact it was the first IKEA in North America but when it came to rebuild it was determined we were...

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