Reflecting on the Halifax Seaport Farmers' Market's opening day (previous posts here and here), Contrarian reader Jeff Pinhey writes: You are kidding me.  An American Homeland Security regulation, the one requiring a Port Security plan in all ports with ships leaving for a US port, causes that silliness?  Let me see, if I were a terrorist trying to sneak into Canada so I could board a ship bound for the states, and I could get as far as the waterfront in front of the market, I certainly could get as far as...

08 August, 2010

Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses, yearning to eat local: A huge throng of regulars, plus tire-kickers, overwhelmed the Halifax Seaport Farmers' Market's opening day this morning, forcing shoppers to wrestle with traffic tie-ups, inadequate parking, and impossibly long coffee lineups. It is a gorgeous space, however, and congestion will likely ease once construction is complete and the market starts opening throughout the week. Lead designer Keith Tufts, of the Halifax architectural firm Lydon Lynch, describes the building's advanced environmental features in this video. One sour note: US imposed, Homeland Security regulations prevent the market from opening the huge water-facing doors on...

07 August, 2010