Remembering Arthur Street
25 Arthur Street Years ago, in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, I had an apartment that was, lets say, a real piece of work. The entire building leaked, was at least 45+ years old, and barely functional. I remember getting stuck in the elevator when I went to take out Marion's dog Shelby for a bathroom break. It was on the 2nd floor. Fast forward a year, we had moved to Halifax, and, no word of a lie, the entire building burned down 6 months after we moved out. Someone had been welding on the balcony and a fire started within the walls. As the building didn't have sprinklers or any kind of fire suppression, it quickly spread, and half the building was consumed by the end of the day. I have pictures on this site back in 2011 if you really want to see the images. They built another building right on top of the old foundation, and the rent went from $775 to about $1300. I don't miss the building. That old death trap was horribly cold and the black mold was everywhere. It certainl...
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