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The oldest saltwater ferry service in North America. Provides daily service between downtown Halifax, Alderney Landing and Woodside. When I was a kid you could ride the ferry for a nickel -- 5 cents. Today, a regular adult fare is $2.75 one way.
Halifax Harbor provides year-round docking facilities for boaters seeking a permanent slip, as well as seasonal or overnight accommodations. Ideally located right off the Intracoastal Waterway, the Marina is just a short ride to the open ocean. Enjoy easy access to nearby shopping, restaurants, and entertainment — located just minutes from Daytona International Speedway, Daytona International Airport, the World’s Most Famous Beach and the quaint, picturesque waterfront Downtown.
I like to shoot when the light is right. When the bright winter sun casts on once grand Victorian buildings.
On a very rare day out without our children, my husband and I went to the Piece Hall in Halifax (the super narrow shops and very expensive, breakable things they sell mean that we can't really take them with us!)
It's a beautiful Grade 1 listed old building with lots of history (built in 1779 as a place to trade and sell "pieces" of cloth) and I wanted to capture some of its character so I took this 3-shot panorama, stitched in Photoshop, in an attempt to get as much into the image as I could.
There is a lot of information about the history of the Piece Hall here: www.thepiecehall.co.uk/heritage
Halifax is in the Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale in West Yorkshire, England. It is the commercial, cultural and administrative centre of the borough, and the headquarters of Calderdale Council. In the 15th century, the town became an economic hub of the old West Riding of Yorkshire, primarily in woollen manufacture. Halifax is the largest town in the wider Calderdale borough. Halifax was a mill town during the industrial revolution.
From New Year's Day 1779, manufacturers and mercers dealt internationally in such articles through its grandiose square, the Piece Hall. Halifax is known for Mackintosh's chocolate and toffee products, including Rolo and Quality Street. The Halifax Bank was founded and has large offices in the town. Dean Clough, north of the town centre, was once one of the largest textile factories in the world at more than 1⁄2 mile (800 m) long; today the building has been converted for office and retail use including a gym, theatre, Travelodge and radio station.
After a long day of rain, a view of the harbor at Halifax with a cruise ship cruising out of the harbor.
A view of Downtown Halifax Waterfront from the deck of a ferry in Halifax Harbour in the Halifax Regional Municipality of Nova Scotia Canada
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Halifax Harbour is a large natural harbour on the Atlantic coast of Nova Scotia, Canada
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The Piece Hall is a Grade I listed building in Halifax, West Yorkshire, England. It was built as a cloth hall for handloom weavers to sell the woollen cloth "pieces" they had produced.
The Halifax Odeon opened on 27th June 1938 with Errol Flynn in “The Perfect Speciman”. Designed by the architect George Coles it cost £59,727 to build. It had 1,344 stalls seats and 714 in the balcony giving a total of 2,058. A most unusual façade remains intact with three concave bays covered with buff faience tiles above the entrance each containing a convex window. The tall Art Deco style tower formerly had the Odeon lettering illuminated by neon. The cinema was not originally intended for the Odeon circuit, but was a subject to a takeover during construction, explaining the differences from the typical ‘Odeon’ style.
The cinema had a wide proscenium and a stylish interior with decoration dominated by two large bas-relief female figures on the splay walls either side of the screen (now removed). Lighting was entirely indirect.
The Odeon closed on 18th October 1975 with Robin Askwith in “Confessions of a Pop Performer”. It stood unused for a while and was later converted into a Top Rank Bingo Club which is still operating as a Mecca Bingo Club today.