Back To The Hood

For most of my childhood, up till I was 17,

 I lived in a neighbourhood in the North End of Halifax.

Back then it was mainly a working-class area of the city

 and it had everything one would ever need at that time back in the 50's and 60's.

The neighbourhood drug store/pharmacy, dry cleaners, two grocery stores, a meat market,

laundromat....what more would one want?!

Today, this commercial part of the community has been of course brought up to date 

with a few trendy and appetizing shops.

We are in this area quite a bit....as 'our' coffee shop is also here.

So yesterday I decided to go 'window shopping/photographing'

as Ron and Sophie were content to sit on a bench

 in a small park across the street.

These shops on Young Street run for a block down one side of the street.

I grew up one block away towards the harbour.

I have mentioned this area before.....the Hydrostone (click).

Every building/house in this area, it runs for about 10 streets,

is made from hydrostone/special cinderblocks  and they were all built 

after the Halifax Explosion in 1917.

Oh yes, a substantial portion of the cost for rebuilding this area

 was paid for by the city of Boston  (click) and the state of Massachusetts.

It has become a very trendy part of the city now

and I am happy it still has its old charm with all these unique buildings.