{"id":1711,"date":"2024-05-30T15:24:01","date_gmt":"2024-05-30T18:24:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/willbreckenridge.ca\/?p=1711"},"modified":"2024-05-30T15:24:01","modified_gmt":"2024-05-30T18:24:01","slug":"may-30-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/willbreckenridge.ca\/?p=1711","title":{"rendered":"May 30, 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div>\n<div>Hello Neighbours,<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Here is the news of the week. There is much going on in Halifax this weekend.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><b>Downtown:<\/b><\/div>\n<div><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/div>\n<div>Allnovascotia is reporting today that Killam Apartment REIT is preparing for a Hollis Street heritage development at 1313, 1325 and 1335 Hollis Street. 1325 Hollis was built around 1841 and named the Alison-Young House after Premier Young, a family namesake to Young Ave. 1335 Hollis Street was built in ca.1835 and named the Rupert George House: &#8220;The house was constructed for Sir Rupert George, a former Provincial Secretary. John P. Mott purchased the property in 1863 and resided here until 1866. Mott was a prominent businessman who manufactured the first chocolates in Canada.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The information above is quoted from the heritage district map by HRM and where you can learn more about both houses:<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/storymaps.arcgis.com\/stories\/da0266aea75244339cc5fd3f0cbe2265\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/storymaps.arcgis.com\/stories\/da0266aea75244339cc5fd3f0cbe2265<\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>1313 Hollis was built around 1953 and will be demolished in the new development. 1313 Hollis was purchased by Killam for $3 million in 2021, 1325 Hollis for $3.7 million in 2020 and 1335 Hollis for $1.7 million in 2014. All these buildings are within the Old South Suburb Heritage Conservation District. Killam is currently working on the eventide project on Carlton Street abutting Camp Hill Cemetery: <a href=\"https:\/\/killamreit.com\/apartments\/halifax-ns\/eventide\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/killamreit.com\/apartments\/halifax-ns\/eventide<\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><b>Events:<\/b><\/div>\n<div><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/div>\n<div>The top event this weekend is the <b>Canada Sail Grand Prix. <\/b>To learn more visit: <a href=\"https:\/\/sailgp.com\/races\/season-4\/canada-sail-grand-prix-halifax\/overview\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/sailgp.com\/races\/season-4\/canada-sail-grand-prix-halifax\/overview\/<\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Get your garden ready with the <b>Pop Up Plant Sale<\/b>!<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/facebook.com\/events\/s\/halifax-pop-up-plant-sale\/354417674132081\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/facebook.com\/events\/s\/halifax-pop-up-plant-sale\/354417674132081\/<\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><b>CSIV Yard Sale <\/b>from\u00a0 9:30AM to 1:30PM at<\/div>\n<div>6640 Jubilee Rd.<\/div>\n<div>Come out and pick up some great deals with all the money going to support a great cause. CISV Halifax is part of an international organization that promotes peace, leadership, and diversity through our youth!<\/div>\n<div>More info:<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/share\/5ZDAn25z87z4oe3Y\/?mibextid=9VsGKo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/share\/5ZDAn25z87z4oe3Y\/?mibextid=9VsGKo<\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><b>Halifax Recycles:<\/b><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>FREE yourself of clutter and find some great FREE items of your own during Curbside Give Away Weekend on June 1 &amp; 2. This event takes place rain or shine all across the municipality.<\/div>\n<div>Put your unwanted household items at the curb during the weekend clearly marked as &#8220;FREE&#8221; and have fun finding something new to you.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>For more information visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.halifax.ca\/curbside\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">www.halifax.ca\/curbside<\/a>\u00a0or<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/share\/p\/vS7HVXMKHSwC81gc\/?mibextid=oFDknk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/share\/p\/vS7HVXMKHSwC81gc\/?mibextid=oFDknk<\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Wondering about Dartmouth:<\/div>\n<div>If you took a trip to Dartmouth there was a palm tree at Sullivan&#8217;s What happened to the palm tree? Read the full story:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/shorturl.at\/KS7Q3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/shorturl.at\/KS7Q3<\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Have a great weekend,<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>William Breckenridge<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/willbreckenridge.ca\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">willbreckenridge.ca<\/a><\/div>\n<div>Instagram: willgbreckenridge<\/div>\n<div>902 441 9065<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello Neighbours, Here is the news of the week. There is much going on in Halifax this weekend. Downtown: \u00a0 Allnovascotia is reporting today that Killam Apartment REIT is preparing for a Hollis Street heritage development at 1313, 1325 and 1335 Hollis Street. 1325 Hollis was built around 1841 and named the Alison-Young House after [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1711","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newsletter"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/willbreckenridge.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1711","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/willbreckenridge.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/willbreckenridge.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/willbreckenridge.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/willbreckenridge.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1711"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/willbreckenridge.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1711\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/willbreckenridge.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1711"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/willbreckenridge.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1711"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/willbreckenridge.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1711"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}