Save the View from Citadel Hill
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Petition to the Nova Scotia Government
Dear Premier Dexter:
We the undersigned draw the attention of the Provincial Government to the following:
That a convention centre and associated 14 and 18-storey towers proposed on two blocks in downtown Halifax would block the view of the centre harbour and Georges Island from Halifax Citadel National Historic Park.
800,000 people visit the Citadel each year and spend $50 million in the downtown. In 2007 the Citadel was voted Top Wonder of Halifax and 93\% of HRM residents said they visit Citadel Hill. Now free for everyone, the view would be sold to private interests to be appreciated only by those who occupy the buildings.
There are 17 better places to put a convention centre where it would not block the view.
A public survey held on May 31, 2009 showed that 91\% of those polled oppose the construction of the towers.
THEREFORE your petitioners call upon the Government of Nova Scotia not to provide public funds for a development that would block the view of the centre harbour and Georges Island from Halifax Citadel National Historic Park. Please do not give public money towards the privatization of the view.
Dear Premier Dexter:
We the undersigned draw the attention of the Provincial Government to the following:
That a convention centre and associated 14 and 18-storey towers proposed on two blocks in downtown Halifax would block the view of the centre harbour and Georges Island from Halifax Citadel National Historic Park.
800,000 people visit the Citadel each year and spend $50 million in the downtown. In 2007 the Citadel was voted Top Wonder of Halifax and 93\% of HRM residents said they visit Citadel Hill. Now free for everyone, the view would be sold to private interests to be appreciated only by those who occupy the buildings.
There are 17 better places to put a convention centre where it would not block the view.
A public survey held on May 31, 2009 showed that 91\% of those polled oppose the construction of the towers.
THEREFORE your petitioners call upon the Government of Nova Scotia not to provide public funds for a development that would block the view of the centre harbour and Georges Island from Halifax Citadel National Historic Park. Please do not give public money towards the privatization of the view.
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649 signatures
Goal: 1,000
Latest Signatures
14 January 2016
10 January 2016
648.
Donna M
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Allowing the construction of these towers will detract from the unique character of Halifax as it relates to the harbour and to its historic districts. There are other places where high rises can be built.
1 January 2016
31 December 2015
646.
Stacey C
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Get rid of the Cogswell Street interchange and make good use of that wasted land instead. Leave the view from Citadel Hill as is. It is too valuable to tourism to sacrifice.
23 December 2015
22 December 2015
20 December 2015
643.
Brad Hb
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Though not a citizen I am in design. I fully support more density for the Halifax City Centre and more development which creates a 24 hour city yet a vital resource for Halifax and its very reason for coming into being is the Citadel. Its context is as re
19 December 2015
16 December 2015
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27 November 2015
638.
Theresa T
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It would be a travesty to undermine or ignore our treasured View Planes legislation!
10 November 2015
637.
Robert A
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I am strongly opposed to this development and will definitely not vote for any representative who supports it.
10 October 2015
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25 September 2015
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7 September 2015
7 September 2015
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Paul Sheldonf
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Come on, they preserved the fortress so why would you want to block the view? do you realize how much it already cost the government to preserve it. i don't but i know it was a lot.
5 September 2015
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25 August 2015
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