Neighbourhood Greenprint - Halifax Regional Municipality

A.3.1 Opportunity Site Areas
A.2.1.1 Brewery/Staples Gottingen Street
Bounded by Cogswell St, Gottingen St, Portland St, and
Brunswick St.
Highlights
Forum 3 Outcomes
• Possibility of normalizing Cogswell St. width
and intersection down from six lanes. New
features might include:
• New sidewalks
• Bike lanes/bus lanes
• Wide sidewalk on north side which has best
southern exposure
• Cogswell should have pedestrian priority
• Cogswell: More animated mixed use scale in
relation to downtown
• Trinity: It is the symbolic value of the site that
has to be integrated, not necessarily the church
• Possible connecting streets with other uses/
buildings/heritage via Maitland extension and
internal courtyards
• Integrate pedestrian linkages
• View planes: 7 Storyes currently allowed
• View of church spires in area
• Portland: More residential scale
• Working within 125 people/acre
Introduction & Background
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