Libby Schofield

Me too! They do such a wonderful job of making the bike share feel like a community (I actually used their bike share, unfortunately what we have here really isn't useful/accessible to me because of where I live 🥲).

Here are the things that I think make a city child-friendly that also make the city better for everyone else:
- affordable transit coupled with parking chargers that together discourage driving, even for a family;
- parks and shade that make it pleasant and safe to get around;
- walkable schools;

I love Hamilton Bike Share so much!

a man in a pink shirt with the words my job it 's just beach on it ALT: a man in a pink shirt with the words my job it 's just beach on it

My last two posts have been about Hamilton, must redeem myself by shouting out how beautiful the Halifax public gardens are in the summer. Also this time of year in NS, my job is beach.

Craig Cassar: How To Take a Holistic Approach to City Building The Bottom-Up Revolution · Episode

Love a little Hamilton representation in the wild. In my memory, James St N art crawls are so integrated into the rhythms of the downtown core. 🔨

Halifax 🤝 Hamilton

Not an influencer per se, but beautiful lifestyle content ➡️ PEI Camera Roll on Instagram (I haven't found similar content for NS yet) www.instagram.com/peicamerarol...

Incredible!!

Fingers crossed!

hi hfx share something nice

Saw some fresh posters and stickers up this morning on my walk to work for hihfx.ca, a kind of "love the way we love" type thing it seems.

#halifax

Even Harbour Hopper is trying to make a pedestrianized Spring Garden a reality.

Another map I can get behind 🍦

I'm kind of surprised the machine took it!

Just used a Halifax transit ticket I've had in my wallet since 2018. 😎

So, let's talk about East Dalhousie. This site isn't a surprise because it's part of a larger economically depressed region. Uranium mining will pollute groundwater & homes in this area rely on wells. It's likely mining companies will move into Lunenburg Co., affecting the LaHave River watersheds.

Oops haha (but did you add it to the map? 😁)

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S136192092500063X

A map of most of the regional centre of Halifax. The green overlay are trees planted according to HRM Open Data (only trees planted in last 5 years seem to have "planted at" dates), and the red dots are bus stops. The image shows a generous coverage of trees across the regional centre with areas which clearly lack coverage. There is no simple means to distinguish between mature and younger trees

We are blessed with an impressive tree canopy and range of species here in Halifax but more is always better :-)

Was curious to see bus stop coverage after seeing this report "Heat stress mitigation by trees and shelters at bus stop" (link and explanations of map in alt text)

TLDR: Trees good.

Magnolia blooming over a black park bench after Sullivan's Pond

Close up of magnolia blooms at Sullivan's Pond, Dartmouth

5 geese lounging on the grass at Sullivan's Pond, Dartmouth on a misty day

Sullivan's Pond magnolias and friends. 🌸🪿

Magnolia Map link ➡️
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‘Take another look’: Some in Halifax can’t brush off rapid development plan - Halifax | Globalnews.ca Rapid growth and development in Halifax has translated to high housing costs and a dwindling number of arts venues.

“There were about 10 other similar-sized art spaces [like the Bus Stop Theatre] (available) to us in Halifax. All of them are gone,” Audrey Eastwood, the interim executive director of the Bus Stop Theatre Co-op.

Grassy picnic area at Smileys provincial park

Sandwich and thermos at a beach

Oh definitely! I've been doing beach picnics since I moved back (beach + sandwich combo supremacy), but I still yearn for some big shady trees and grass to lounge on. (Which does exists outside the city, and we do lots of day trips!) 🌳 🌊

Many people hanging out on the grass on a sunny day in Major's Hill Park in Ottawa.

People enjoying large beds of multi coloured tulips in Ottawa. A large willow tree is the backdrop of the photo

Large bed of red tulips in Ottawa.

People lounging on grass and enjoying the sun at Major's Hill Park in Ottawa

Category is: people enjoying giant urban green spaces (Major's Hill Park, Ottawa). ☀️ 🌷

Council raided the library reserve fund so they could pay for this.

Dartmouth Commons is on the top of my list to check out!!

I grew up with friends out that way but haven't been to Laurie Park in a long time! Thanks 😊

I love the Dingle! Will definitely have to picnic there this summer.

I love how bustling Dewolf Park is in the summer!

Thanks! So weird we're surrounded by water but there's such limited urban access to it. 🥲

Thanks!! @coffeeoutside.hfx.bike is such a great idea ☕️

Bayfront Park in Hamilton, Ontario. Green park on the lakeshore with city skyline in the distance. #Hamont

Gage Park in Hamilton, Ontario. Wide multi use path lined with mature trees

Gage Park in Hamilton, Ontario. A blooming rose garden with a green house, mature trees, and the Niagars escarpment in the background

2 Mike's sub sandwiches, cans of pop, and small bags of chips on a picnic table.

We did a lot of picnicking in Hamilton in their giant beautiful urban parks and we want to prioritize doing that in Halifax this summer!

Halifax/Dartmouth: best picnic parks with shade and picnic tables? I'm drawing a blank. Dewolf Park, the Dingle? Point Pleasant?