gentrification

LISTEN: Black youth opposing gentrification and empowering community

scott.neigh — Wed, 15 Feb 2017 17:22:48 +0000

Talking Radical Radio

On this week's episode of Talking Radical Radio, Scott Neigh speaks with Kyturea Jones, Payton Ashe, and Donntayia Jones.

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The Centre Plan is the Gentrification Plan

sbartone — Sat, 26 Mar 2016 19:05:10 +0000

KJIPUKTIK (Halifax)—Halifax launched its Centre Plan public consultation process at Alderney Landing on Monday, March 21.

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Forget the greedy, help the needy

Robert DeVet — Sun, 18 Oct 2015 17:51:48 +0000

Protesters want dignity for Nova Scotia's welfare recipients and working poor

KJIPUKTUK (Halifax) – People took to streets on Saturday in recognition of International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, a United Nations-sponsored annual event that in Halifax has been observed for many years now.<

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Lucasville - Fighting city hall, racism and the smell of horse manure

Robert DeVet — Sun, 20 Sep 2015 20:25:06 +0000

Gentrification the rural way

KJIPUKTUK (HALIFAX) – Residents of Lucasville are telling city hall to do something about a smelly equestrian farm that for years operated without proper permits.

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Residents dream up future for St. Pat’s Alexandra development

Robert DeVet — Tue, 09 Sep 2014 12:56:26 +0000

Community members gather to discuss future housing possibilities on the St. Patrick's- Alexandra site

K'JIPUKTUK, HALIFAX - It’s called the hub of Halifax’s north end, and it’s about time to see change, locals say.

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St.Pat's-Alexandra: Reinventing the hub of the North End

Robert DeVet — Fri, 04 Jul 2014 16:57:49 +0000

Animated community meeting kicks off discussion on former school's development

K'JIPUKTUK, HALIFAX - "St Pat's-Alexandra School is the heartbeat of the North End. The school shaped many of us and it shaped who our kids are, it's our heart and soul.

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Roberts Street Social Centre finds temporary home

HBeaumont — Thu, 30 May 2013 13:17:47 +0000

Artists say they’ve been priced out of north end Halifax

After searching for more than a year, the Roberts Street Social Centre has found a new home on Creighton Street.

The artist collective’s new space is only temporary, however. The street-level storefront that straddles Falkland and Creighton Streets doesn’t come with a lease.

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Inside Victoria Hall

HBeaumont — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 14:10:44 +0000

Built in 1885, Victoria Hall, a low-income senior women's residence, is up for sale. The asking price is nearly $3 million. Read the full story here.

Victoria Hall for sale

HBeaumont — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 13:18:11 +0000

Property at the heart of rapidly changing neighbourhood

It was a place of tea parties and sing-alongs.

After 128 years of housing senior women on low incomes, Victoria Hall goes up for sale this afternoon.

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Beyond our Control?

Natascia Lypny — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 00:10:33 +0000

Rent regulation and affordable housing in Halifax

With residents facing staggering spikes in rental prices, two city councillors have called for the province to revisit rent control.

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Separation over gentrification

Natascia Lypny — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 18:11:42 +0000

A condominium project pits neighbour against neighbour

The conversion of a former Halifax church site into a condominium building is dividing a North End community.

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Council to vote on future of St. Pat’s site

HBeaumont — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 18:54:56 +0000

Will it be condos or community organizations?

It’s rush hour on a warm day in early September. Parents all over the city scurry to collect their children, but the backyard of St. Patrick’s Alexandra on Brunswick Street remains silent and empty. Today, the keys to the school are in Halifax Regional Municipality hands, and the property – one of the largest spaces in the community – is up for sale.

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Goodbye, St. Pat’s Alexandra

HBeaumont — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 14:00:25 +0000

Replacing North-End Halifax’s Africentric school with condos

Janitors are polishing the floors at St. Patrick’s-Alexandra School while the halls are empty. It’s summer vacation. On the second floor, the library shelves are half-filled with books. It’s as if the shelves have been cleared for dusting, but a janitor tells me they’ve been mostly bare for years. Across the hall, the primary room looks like an outdated, unfurnished home, waiting to be filled. Four tiny tables form an archipelago in the centre of the room. Crafts, in short supply, are stacked in cupboards and a small number of stuffed animals are tucked into a hamper. This fall, the classroom will do double duty for the combined Primary and Grade 1 classes, containing eleven toddlers total.

Attendance at St. Pat’s, one of the hopeful beacons of education in Halifax’s tightly woven North End community, has been falling for years. The south wing of the third floor has been closed to students in recent years since attendance began to drop and teachers began to quit. Just 80 students attended the P to 9 school in 2008 – 58 students less than the 138 enrolled the year before, though the building has the capacity for 800. Falling enrollment is one of many reasons the Halifax Regional School Board voted in March to close the brick building as a school by 2011. The former school property will be sold to make way for condominiums.

St. Pat’s is one of the few schools in Nova Scotia with Africentric leanings. Serving the mostly African-Canadian population of Uniacke Square, the school teaches the history and values of the black community, giving priority to African Nova Scotian role models such as Wayne Adams, the first black member of the province’s legislature; Dr. William P. Oliver, the first African Nova Scotian to receive two degrees; and Corrine Sparks, the first African Nova Scotian judge. Plaques bearing their names and penciled portraits hang in the halls.

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St. Pat's Memories

HBeaumont — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 13:18:11 +0000

St. Pat's Alexandra is set to close in 2011, to be replaced by condos. What will happen to school's North End neighbourhood?