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29-803: Spring Garden may refer to: Places [ edit ] Canada [ edit ] Spring Garden, Halifax , in Nova Scotia Hong Kong [ edit ] Spring Garden Lane United Kingdom [ edit ] Spring Gardens , a small street in London containing government buildings, near Whitehall United States [ edit ] Spring Garden, Alabama , an unincorporated community Spring Garden, California , an unincorporated community Spring Garden (Laurel, Delaware) , historic site in Laurel, Delaware Spring Garden, Florida ,

58-435: A blank wall to the street, but instead maintained continuous shop frontage. Park Lane opened in 1988. City Centre Atlantic, a mixed-use development on Spring Garden Road, was developed by Halifax company Ryco Developments Limited in the late 1980s. Spring Garden Place expanded in 1992. The street sees some of the highest foot traffic in the city, and hosts several popular public gathering places. The Lord Nelson Hotel , at

87-473: A census-designated place Others [ edit ] The Parsonage Garden at Nuenen , or Spring Garden , oil painting by Vincent van Gogh See also [ edit ] Spring Garden station (disambiguation) Spring Gardens All pages with titles beginning with Spring Garden All pages with titles containing Spring Garden Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with

116-460: A collection of almost 1 million items. Halifax Mechanics' Institute was one of a series of Mechanics' Institutes that were set up around the world, after becoming popular in Britain. It housed a subscription library that allowed members who paid a fee to borrow books. The Mechanic's Institutes libraries eventually became public libraries when the establishment of free libraries occurred. One of

145-673: A defunct district of Philadelphia County before consolidation of the city Spring Garden College , a defunct private technical college in Spring Garden, Philadelphia Spring Garden School No. 1 , Philadelphia, PA, listed on the NRHP in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Spring Garden School No. 2 , Philadelphia, PA, listed on the NRHP in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Spring Garden (Pittsburgh) , Pennsylvania Spring Garden Township, Pennsylvania Spring Garden-Terra Verde, Texas ,

174-749: A permanent home in 1890 on the second floor of City Hall, where the office of the Mayor of Halifax is now located. Some talks about a new municipally-funded library in 1901 were unsuccessful. In 1948, Halifax had "a single over-crowded, under-equipped room at the end of a corridor" located in the City Hall building. The conditions and poor services of the Citizens' Free Library room even failed in comparison to much smaller towns in Nova Scotia, such as Amherst. The Halifax Memorial Library "was born out of

203-506: A true spirit of collaboration and of steadfast persistence from a variety of service clubs and citizens' groups active" in 1945 immediately after World War II. The first sod was turned on 21 April 1949, in time to celebrate the city’s 200th anniversary. The former central library opened in 1951 as a memorial to the war dead. The Halifax City Regional Library system added the North Branch Library on Gottingen Street in 1965,

232-538: Is a Canadian public library system, serving residents of Halifax in Nova Scotia . It is the largest public library system in Nova Scotia, with over 2.8 million visits to library branches and 172,520 active registered borrowers or 44% of the municipality's population. With roots that trace back to the establishment of the Citizens' Free Library in 1864, the current library system was created in 1996 during municipal amalgamation, and now consists of 14 branches and

261-696: Is home to a number of pubs, coffee shops and boutiques, making it busy both day and night. On Spring Garden one can also find the Main Branch of Halifax Public Libraries , the Halifax Provincial Court, the school of architecture and the Sexton Campus of Dalhousie University (the former Technical University of Nova Scotia ), the Halifax Public Gardens , and St. Mary's Basilica . The area is also in proximity to

290-663: The British Colonist newspaper as "the grandest object amongst all our displays, in or around the city, outside of the Province Building.... It is the most splendid thing of the kind we have ever seen, here or elsewhere, and evinces on the part of its designer, not only much taste but real genius." Other arches and monuments were set up outside the gardens and the Convent of the Sacred Heart. An area in

319-557: The Citadel and the Scotiabank Centre , and several major hotels are located nearby. Spring Garden Road runs to Robie Street, where it becomes Coburg Road, a largely residential thoroughfare. It is served by numerous Halifax Transit routes. Routes 1, 4, 8, 9, and 10 provide service from 6:00 am until around midnight daily. Spring Garden Road has been the site of several significant events and has undergone many changes over

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348-740: The Court House . In commemoration of these treaties, Nova Scotians annually celebrate Treaty Day on October 1. Prince Edward, Prince of Wales arrived in Halifax in July 1860, making this city his first stop on the first tour of North America by an heir to the British throne. Numerous arches were erected around the city to commemorate the occasion. The day after arriving, the Prince's procession traveled from Government House up Spring Garden Road toward

377-866: The Captain William Spry Public Library in Spryfield in 1983, and the Thomas Raddall Public Library in Clayton Park in 1989. In 1973 and 1974, the Spring Garden Road Library expanded from 25,000 sq.ft. to 38,000 sq.ft. to accommodate increasing demands for space. The Dartmouth library operated out of the old Dartmouth City Hall on the Dartmouth Common until 1990. The Woodlawn Public Library branch opened in 1975, and

406-626: The Dartmouth North branch opened in 1996. The Dartmouth Regional Library opened at Alderney Gate in 1990. The Halifax Public Libraries system was created in 1995 in anticipation of municipal amalgamation, merging the library systems of the cities of Halifax and Dartmouth, and Halifax County. The Thomas Raddall branch in Clayton Park closed was replaced with the Keshen Goodman Public Library in 2001. and

435-571: The Public Gardens. An arch was erected by the archbishop at the foot of Spring Garden Road emblazoned with the words "Welcome to the Land of the Mayflower" and festooned with wreathes and thousands of roses. Further up the road a large arch, sponsored by General Trollope, Commander-in-Chief of His Majesty's Forces in Nova Scotia, was erected in front of the courthouse. The archway was lauded by

464-621: The Woodlawn branch moved to Eisener Boulevard in 2010. The Halifax Central Library branch can trace its roots to a feasibility study written in 1987. In 2008, the HRM Council approved funding in principle to support construction of a Central Library. Seven years later the Spring Garden branch closed permanently on 30 August 2014 and was replaced by the Halifax Central Library across the street. The various branches of

493-452: The buskers and purchase food from several vendors. The low wall around the garden is a very popular place to sit and rest. Victoria Park , with its memorials to Scottish writers, Walter Scott and Robert Burns , including the square surrounding the Burns statue at the corner of Spring Garden and South Park, is sometimes used for arts events, community gatherings, and demonstrations. In 2011,

522-706: The centuries, transitioning from a pasture outside the town walls of 18th-century Halifax to a vibrant, mixed-use neighbourhood today. The seventy-five year period of war between the Mi'kmaq people and the British ended with the Burial of the Hatchet Ceremony . On June 25, 1761, a “Burying of the Hatchet Ceremony” was held at Governor Jonathan Belcher ’s garden on present-day Spring Garden Road in front of

551-682: The corner of Spring Garden Road and Queen Street forms a new locus of activity on a site that had previously been a surface parking lot for over five decades. In 2021 the Halifax Regional Municipality undertook a major upgrade of the Street from South Park to Queen street, widening sidewalks and burying electrical services among other improvements. 44°38′33.4″N 63°34′42.4″W  /  44.642611°N 63.578444°W  / 44.642611; -63.578444 Halifax Public Libraries Halifax Public Libraries (HPL)

580-504: The corner of Spring Garden Road and South Park Street, is a Halifax landmark. During the 1960s its grounds were a popular hang-out for artists and hippies and inspired a novel, Lord Nelson Tavern by Ray Smith , but the wall outside upon which people sat was subsequently redeveloped into shops. The park outside the Spring Garden Memorial Library is a particularly popular place to stop and rest. Citizens can enjoy

609-414: The district, just to the south of Spring Garden Road, is known as Schmidtville. This land was purchased by James Pedley in 1781 and was originally outside the Halifax town walls. As the threat of attack from natives diminished, the land was divided into building lots for new housing and new streets laid out including Birmingham Street, Dresden Row, and Rottenburg Street (now Clyde Street). Part of Schmidtville

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638-694: The former name of DeLeon Springs, Florida Spring Garden (Miami) , a neighborhood in Miami, Florida Spring Garden-John Leavell , Bryantsville, KY, listed on the NRHP in Kentucky Discovery-Spring Garden, Maryland , two communities combined in a Census-designated place Spring Garden, Missouri , an unincorporated community Spring Garden, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania , a neighborhood in Philadelphia Spring Garden District, Pennsylvania ,

667-535: The members of the Mechanics' Institute about 1835 was Samuel Cunard . In 1864, the Honourable William Young purchased the heavily indebted Halifax Mechanic’s Library and donated the collection to establish the city’s first free public library, The Citizens’ Free Library. Anyone "above the age of 18 who were of a known and respectable nature" could borrow one book at a time. The library found

696-462: The neighbourhood one of the most vibrant and economically successful in the city. Until the mid-20th century, Spring Garden Road was served by a tram line. The street was considered fashionable by the 1970s, home to a number of specialty stores and fine clothing retailers. It continued to grow in stature during the 1980s, and several shopping centres were built. These innovated upon earlier shopping centres on Barrington Street in that they did not turn

725-569: The site was briefly home to the Occupy Nova Scotia movement, who agreed to relocate there after Mayor Peter J. Kelly requested they vacate the Grand Parade to make way for the annual Remembrance Day ceremonies. Unbeknownst to the protestors, the mayor controversially issued an order to have the site cleared by police on the morning of Remembrance Day, and several protesters were arrested. The new Halifax Central Library on

754-404: The street. Over the 20th century the city continued to grow outward. Numerous apartment towers were built in the western, less commercial part of Spring Garden Road. Spring Garden Terrace, a 201-unit apartment building, was designed by Ian Martin of Montreal and opened in 1963. Embassy Towers opened in 1967. The high residential population of the district, coupled with its mixed-use nature, makes

783-525: The title Spring Garden . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Spring_Garden&oldid=1191174396 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Spring Garden, Halifax Spring Garden Road

812-494: Was demolished in the 1950s and replaced with large surface parking lots. These lots are now being redeveloped into mid-size mixed-use developments. The rest of Schmidtville is home to some of the city's oldest houses. The land on which the Spring Garden Road Memorial Library sits has been known as Grafton Park for two centuries or more. This lot at the corner of Brunswick Street and Spring Garden

841-493: Was used as a burial ground for paupers from the late 1700s to mid-1800s. It was listed as a "public park" in an 1895 insurance map. In the mid-20th century the library was built in Grafton Park, but sited back from the street to preserve a traditional walking path, running diagonally through the property, between Spring Garden and Grafton Street. The library was closed in 2014 and replaced by the Halifax Central Library across

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