Downtown Halifax A City Of Innovation, Ocean And Community

Halifax a city of innovation, ocean and community is one that has not been the same for the past 100 years. Downtown Halifax is one example of an area of the city that is always restoring and rebuilding to further the economy. There are many buildings that have been around since the eighteen-century along with new buildings that are being built with hopes of rejuvenation. Street corners are another aspect that can be analyzed to observe the changes in this city. The street corner that will be explored over the past 100 years is the intersection of Barrington and Prince Street. This corner will be analyzed through the use of Halifax archives and other historical websites to understand what the streets looked like to interpret how it felts†¦show more content†¦This corner would have been home to some animals as well most likely mice and cats. Although these animals would not want to be seen on the road because of the horse and buggy’s that traveled along the streets (No va Scotia Archives, 1900). The animals would not want to be caught in an interaction with the horses and the mice would not want to risk the chance of dying. This street corner was an early city street that part of a regular travelled path (Nova Scotia Archives, 1910). People would use this corner to get to church and other would use it to get to work (Nova Scotia Archives, 1910). Although after the Halifax Exploitation people traveling on this road would never see it the way they did before. There would have been people talking at this street corner about the man who was blasted through a window of the church that left an imprint of his silhouette (St. Paul’s Church, 1912). Many people who traveled this street corner would know fear that same thing happening to them and many might avoid this street corner with the thought of it being haunted. Although this may be the case there would still be inviting smells of the sprinklers watering the grass at the church during the summe r (Nova Scotia Archives, 1914). At this street corner you would also see people walking to church on a Sunday morning or those staring at the clock on the top of Saint Paul’s realizing they are running late for there insurance appointment (Nova Scotia Archives,Show MoreRelatedOrganisational Theory230255 Words   |  922 Pagesinteract in various ways and, to a degree, cooperate and coordinate their efforts with some sense of purpose. This seems to be the case whether we are referring to hunter–gatherer communities that use a relatively simple technology or to today’s vast, technologically complex, industrial and post-industrial communities. In other words, organizing ourselves is at the heart of much of what we are and what we do as human beings. Our organizations are largely the outcomes of this collective behaviour