Grafton Park (old library site) Update

Grafton Park is on the verge of being registered and protected as a Heritage site.  The heritage public hearing on the registration is Tuesday, February 11 at 1:00 P.M at City Hall. (report here)

While keeping an open mind, I think this heritage registration is important. I also …


Guest Blog: Using 3D Models as a Tool for Public Engagement – Commons Parkade

Marcel Tarnogorski is a recent Masters of Architecture grad from Dal who approached me and offered to make a correct rendering with the actual scale of the proposed Commons garage.  His bio reads that he ‘loves to make parametric design tools that integrate urban, architectural, and financial facets of


Update – letter from the Premier, and my response

The Premier wrote me back, you can read it here: 20200128 Premier NS to Mason, Waye

So I wrote him back, letter here, text below: 20200126 premier garage second letter (final)

January 28, 2020

The Honourable Stephen McNeil
Premier, Province of Nova Scotia
P.O. Box 726, Halifax, NS B3J 1X5…


Letter to Premier McNeil RE Planned Hospital Renewal and Commons parking garage

Read my letter to Premier McNeil regarding planned hospital renewal QE2 sites Halifax here: 20200127 common garage concerns (final)


Gorsebrook Park Plan consultations

The municipality held a public open house on December 10, 2018 at the Dalhousie Student Union Building. A lot of what was heard in my public session in 2016 was reflect in the proposed design, though there are some concerns.  The public was in attendance to review a preliminary park …