Restoration of the Grand Parade

On 16 March 1978, City Council authorized the restoration of the Grand Parade, ”bringing City Hall and Saint Paul’s together across a common green, church and state renewed in the sharing of their City’s hallowed ground”. This involved extending the Parade to the front entrance of St. Paul’s Church. At a special ceremony of “Rededication” on 13 September 1978, a plaque was unveiled marking the restoration of the Grand Parade. For the 1995 meeting of the G7 leaders in Halifax, the asphalt on the Grand Parade was replaced by pavers, the balustrade upgraded on Argyle Street at the City Hall end, new street lighting installed and the steps down from Argyle Street renewed.

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