The Heritage Trust of Nova Scotia is expressing concern over a Halifax Regional Municipal Council agenda item that could demolish the old memorial library on Spring Garden Road.
A motion for council recommends they direct the chief administrative officer prepare a plan for the Halifax Memorial Library site, which includes “substantial and/or full removal of the building.” The motion also recommends budgeting $300,000 for consulting work on the plan.
“No clear, practical options related to the structure could be identified due to the constraints (of the 2020 Archaeological Resource Impact Assessment),” the motion report reads. “It is therefore recommended that, as an outcome of the consultant’s report, a process be initiated to substantially alter or remove the building under the Heritage Property Act and to then restore the property to its pre-1949 condition as a full park as consistent with the Crown Grant of 1882, with historical interpretation.”
In a news release, the Heritage Trust asked council …