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Halifax Regional Municipality (HRM) is the home to many places and spaces that foster creativity, culture, imagination and innovation, including exterior public spaces, HRM-owned rehabilitated heritage facilities and purpose-built centres.
Here are some featured spaces and places:
Bloomfield Arts Centre
The former Bloomfield School site is owned by the Halifax Regional Municipality. A Master Plan was approved by Regional Council on September 8th, 2009. The proposed redevelopment of the site is based on the following mission:
“Bloomfield is a dynamic hub where community, cultural, social and economic activities converge. Good Urban Design, sustainable practices, and social & cultural innovation result in buildings, public open spaces, and activities that together support a diverse and vibrant community and address its varied interests and needs." (Bloomfield Master Plan, March 2009)
Learn more.
1588 Barrington Street, The "Khyber Building"
 The Halifax Regional Municipality has approved the further development of this iconic heritage building as a cultural incubator. The building is ideally positioned to address the lack of space in HRM for fostering emerging artists and disciplines. This development will be achieved through a 3-year operating strategy evolving from HRM managing tenancy and programming to 3rd party managment as a fully renovated and occupied cultural facility. For more details, click here.
Granville Mall
The attractive pedestrian plaza of Granville Mall is home to one of Canada’s finest art institutions, NSCAD University. When the original buildings were destroyed by fire in 1859, this block was completely rebuilt, producing one of the finest Victorian-Italianate facades in Canada. Today, modern hotel facilities, pubs, shops and NSCAD University share the unique spaces behind these facades. Granville Mall is a popular site for local filming, events and after-work socializing.
Halifax Historic Properties
Historic Properties on the Halifax waterfront represents the first restoration project of its kind in Canada - Historic Properties Privateers Wharf is living history at its best. Restored and redeveloped in the early 1970s, the four-acre National Historic Site features ten buildings, some dating back to the 1800s. Privateers Wharf was the centre of activity on the Halifax waterfront, welcoming trading vessels and privateers from ports around the world. It was from Halifax that many of the privateers, licensed by the British crown to raid enemy vessels, set sail and returned with their bounty. One of the most successful, Enos Collins, started the first bank in Nova Scotia, the Halifax Banking Co., in the ironstone building to your left. Next to it is the oldest building in the group, Privateers’’ Warehouse, built in 1813. Across the cobbled courtyard is the original home of Pickford and Black, the international shipping company.
Grand Parade
Grand Parade is a historical military parade ground from Halifax’s earliest days and still a central public gathering place. The Cenotaph in front of St. Paul’s Church on the north end of Grand Parade honours those who served in the two world wars and the Korean conflict. At the opposite end of the Grand Parade is Halifax City Hall , a fine example of Victorian architecture, built in 1888 and now home to the Halifax Regional Municipality Mayor and council. The City Hall building was designated a National Historic Site in 1997 as one of Nova Scotia's oldest and largest public buildings. Haligonians use Grand Parade to meet friends, watch local performances, take part in annual event or simply to enjoy their lunch in a prime downtown outdoor space.
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