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The North End of Halifax is an area of Halifax, Nova Scotia. It is located on the north side of the Halifax peninsula, although the actual borders are ill defined. The north end is generally seen as less affluent than other areas of Halifax, particularly the south end. In recent years this has become less true, with the "gentrification" of the area. Memorial bell tower in Needham Park]]
The North End's boundaries are not clearly defined. The general area extends from the northern tip of the peninsula at Seaview Park to North Street, although this area is frequently extended further south to include the North Commons and Cogswell Street and even the northern edge of the central business district. Many people also believe that Quinpool Road designates the dividing line between the north and south of Halifax. Many residents of Monastery Lane or Lawrence Street, for example, consider themselves 'North Enders'. Their proximity to amenities such as banks, a supermarket, restaurants and cafes, and a cinema, however, is at odds with the typical North End experience of scarcity, inconvenience, and exclusion from the city's more vibrant commercial life.
There is much history in the North End. Most notable are the Hydrostone neighbourhoods built during the relief construction following the Halifax Explosion (December 6, 1917). Prior to the explosion, the North End was the focus of the city, with the city's railway station located at the foot of North Street, and major defence installations such as HMCS Dockyard and the Stadacona Barracks (now part of CFB Halifax). The Richmond neighbourhood was devasted by the explosion and today the memorial bells of a church which didn't survive the event may be heard in the carillon at Fort Needham.
Seaview Park on the Bedford Basin is the site of Africville, the former African-Canadian community that was a safehaven for African slaves coming to Canada. The community was torn down in the 1960s preceding a proposed urban redevelopment of the region which would have seen new highways and the construction of the A. Murray McKay Bridge, although the lands of the community were never u
Source: [wikipedia: north end, halifax]
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