‘Excited to get it to this point’: Feedback sought on Halifax Forum redesign
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The city is asking for public input on its proposed redesign of the Halifax Forum, and the redevelopment committee's chair is hopeful the changes will soon come to fruition.
After years of talks and reports, it’s beginning to look like plans to redevelop the aging Halifax Forum may soon come to fruition.
The city is asking for public input on its plans to fix up the almost 95-year-old structure, which “has functional challenges and does not meet modern facility accessibility standards.”
According to a page on the Shape Your City Halifax website, the proposed redevelopment “includes a complete replacement of all the recreational facilities and an extensive renovation of the Halifax Forum, which is a registered heritage property.”
The complex would feature a preserved façade of the Halifax Forum Arena, an added greenspace, a multipurpose and event space and a concourse.
Paul Card, the chair of the Halifax Forum Community Association’s redevelopment committee, said the new facility will be “airier” and will have “way more room.”
But most importantly, he said, the changes would bring the building up to modern accessibility standards, meaning more people will be able to use it.
“Something that was built coming on 95 years ago simply didn’t have the accessibility that buildings need, require and should have,” he said.
Built in 1927, the iconic Georgian-style red-brick building opened in December of that year and was the first artificial hockey arena east of Montreal at the time.
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