Retro Sunday: Tommorow is First Monday of the Month $1.44 Day!!
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Retro Sunday: Being a Hip youth in ’62
Don’t worry Simpsons was there to keep the kids ready $1.99 Short Shorts!! a Mutt Show (someone needs to bring back a Mutt Show) click to enlarge
Read MorePortland Valley: Eisner
Continuing the Portland Valley Shopping Pocket I remember when Eisner Drive was was a long farm dirt road we used to drive down to buy our eggs. Things really changed in the late 80’s when SuperStore built it’s 2nd...
Read MoreRumour: The Future of the BLIP?
The future of the the Bayers Lake Industrial Park (BLIP) may look something like this. (Click Picture to Enlarge) The questions I ask Can the BLIP handle the traffic? The Washmill Lake overpass wasn’t really a...
Read MoreExit 5: Highway 103
25km from downtown Halifax via Highway 103 is Tantallon, a bedroom community of suburbs and suburbs and nestle right by St. Margarets Bay. Right at Exit 5 is all the retail services one could hope for. A big box in a...
Read MoreWasted Spaces: Woodlawn 3
Sitting beside the old Kenny’s is a empty Harveys (why does HRM not support Harveys) but the old Harveys was converted to the fantastic Kel’s Deli maybe this one will have a similar fate
Read MoreWasted Spaces: Woodlawn 1
The Woodlawn Medical Clinic and Lawton’s packed up shop a few years ago and moved over to Westphal but still this long standing Woodlawn Building remains empty
Read MoreReview: Empire Theatres in HRM @empiretheatres
With Empire closing the Oxford for a few days to spruce up and install a digital projector, I can’t help but think that Empire Theatres actually delivers a quality product despite essentially having a monopoly. They have...
Read MoreClayton Park Rockingham Part 2
We looked at Area’s A,B&C in Part 1 if you missed it yesterday http://halifax.retales.ca/?p=179 Now we will look at some of the older sections Click to image to enlarge Starting with Area D the corner of Lacewood and...
Read MoreClayton Park Rockingham Part 1
I’m not a big fan of suburban living for me it’s near the core or in the woods. This however is likely the most densely populated area of HRM with streets upon streets of apartment buildings, townhouses and duplexes....
Read MoreRumour: WalMart to open SuperCentre in Dartmouth Crossing
So the rumour mill is up and at it again a few weeks ago on Twitter I reported rumours that WalMart was ready to build a new SuperCentre in Bayers Lake behind where Kent currently is. WalMart denied it however. Now though, even...
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