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The '''CBC Radio Building''' is a landmark [[Streamline Moderne]]-style office building located in the [[Halifax Regional Municipality]], [[Nova Scotia]] overlooking the [[Halifax Citadel]] and [[Halifax Public Gardens]] which served as the home of CBC Radio in Nova Scotia from 1947 to 2014.
The '''CBC Radio Building''' was a landmark [[Streamline Moderne]]-style office building located in [[Halifax, Nova Scotia|Halifax]], [[Nova Scotia]] overlooking the [[Halifax Citadel]] and [[Halifax Public Gardens]] which served as the home of [[CBC Radio]] in Nova Scotia from 1944 to 2014.


==Origins==
==Origins==
The building was made for Fred C. Manning, a Nova Scotia businessman who built a chain of gas stations and car dealerships during the 1920s and 30s known as the United Service Corporation. Completed in 1933, it originally served as a car dealership, gas station and Manning's head office. Sydney Perry Dumaresq,<ref name=Dumaresq>J. Philip Dumaresq, [http://www.htns.ca/pdf_Griffin/Vol35.3-Sep10.pdf "The Story of the CBC Radio Building at Sackville and Bell Road, Halifax"], ''The Griffin'', Vol. 35, No. 3 September 2010</ref> one of a family of famous Nova Scotian architects,<ref>Marjorie Simmins,
The building was made for Fred C. Manning, a Nova Scotia businessman who built a chain of gas stations and car dealerships during the 1920s and 30s known as the United Service Corporation. Completed in 1933, it originally served as a car dealership, gas station and Manning's head office. Sydney Perry Dumaresq,<ref name=Dumaresq>J. Philip Dumaresq, [http://www.htns.ca/pdf_Griffin/Vol35.3-Sep10.pdf "The Story of the CBC Radio Building at Sackville and Bell Road, Halifax"], ''The Griffin'', Vol. 35, No. 3 September 2010</ref> one of a family of famous Nova Scotian architects,<ref>Marjorie Simmins,
[http://www.marjoriesimmins.ca/BuiltThisCity.pdf "The Family that Built this City"], Halifaxmag.com April 2011</ref> designed the building in the [[Streamline Moderne]]-style, a 1930s variation of [[Art Deco]] known for its elegant curves and often associated with transportation facilities of the era. In order to maximize the use of the corner property, parking was provided on the roof of the building, with access via a specially built elevator.<ref name=Dumaresq/>
[http://www.marjoriesimmins.ca/BuiltThisCity.pdf "The Family that Built this City"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407084242/http://www.marjoriesimmins.ca/BuiltThisCity.pdf# |date=2014-04-07 }}, Halifaxmag.com April 2011</ref> designed the building in the [[Streamline Moderne]]-style, a 1930s variation of [[Art Deco]] known for its elegant curves and often associated with transportation facilities of the era. In order to maximize the use of the corner property, parking was provided on the roof of the building, with access via a specially built elevator.<ref name=Dumaresq/>


==CBC Radio==
==CBC Radio==
In 1944, the [[CBC Radio]] station [[CBHA-FM|CBHA]] and other CBC services in Nova Scotia moved into the building<ref>[http://novascotia.ca/archives/virtual/eastcoastport/archives.asp?ID=106 "'An East Coast Port': Halifax in Wartime, 1939-1945, ``Nova Scotia Archives``]</ref> installing their transmission tower on the roof in the first few years.<ref>Radio Station History, [http://www.broadcasting-history.ca/index3.html?url=http%3A//www.broadcasting-history.ca/listings_and_histories/radio/histories.php%3Fid%3D659%26historyID%3D475 "CBHA-FM (Radio one), Halifax, Canadian Broadcasting Corp."], Canadian Communications Foundation''</ref> CBC studios soon grew to occupy more of the building which came to serve as home to English CBC Radio One station [[CBHA-FM]] and Radio Two station [[CBH-FM]] as well as radio administration and various arts programs. After renting for many years, the CBC purchased the building in 1981. However in the wake of staff reductions and programming cuts, the CBC sold the building in 2014 as part of plans to consolidate television and radio in a new facility on Chebucto Road in the Armdale neighbourhood of [[West End, Halifax|Halifax's West End]]. The building was purchased a South West Developments who plan to demolish it and the adjacent [[YMCA]] who intend to build a 13 story condominium on the site.<ref name="Butler">{{cite news|url=http://www.thecoast.ca/halifax/the-partys-over-for-cbcs-inadvertent-incubator/Content?oid=4457108|title=The party’s over for CBC’s inadvertent incubator|last=Butler|first=Erica|date=13 November 2014|work=[[The Coast]]|accessdate=14 November 2014}}</ref> CBC broadcast its final shows from the building in November 2014. South West Developments plans to use the abandoned building as their sales office until the fall of 2015 when it will be demolished.<ref>[http://www.cbc.ca/informationmorningns/informationmorningns/2014/11/14/whats-next-for-this-corner-of-sackville-and-south-park/ Interview with Gordon Laing,
In 1944, the [[CBC Radio]] station [[CBHA-FM|CBHA]] and other CBC services in Nova Scotia moved into the building<ref>[https://novascotia.ca/archives/virtual/eastcoastport/archives.asp?ID=106 "'An East Coast Port': Halifax in Wartime, 1939-1945, ``Nova Scotia Archives``]</ref> installing their transmission tower on the roof in the first few years.<ref>Radio Station History, [http://www.broadcasting-history.ca/index3.html?url=http%3A//www.broadcasting-history.ca/listings_and_histories/radio/histories.php%3Fid%3D659%26historyID%3D475 "CBHA-FM (Radio one), Halifax, Canadian Broadcasting Corp."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220065710/http://www.broadcasting-history.ca/index3.html?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.broadcasting-history.ca%2Flistings_and_histories%2Fradio%2Fhistories.php%3Fid%3D659%26historyID%3D475 |date=2016-12-20 }}, Canadian Communications Foundation</ref> CBC studios soon grew to occupy more of the building which came to serve as home to English CBC Radio One station [[CBHA-FM]] and Radio Two station [[CBH-FM]] as well as radio administration and various arts programs. The Canadian humourist [[Max Ferguson]] began his CBC career in the building in 1946, creating the character "Rawhide" to host a morning country and western show that soon became a satirical hit.<ref>[http://newscotland1398.ca/hist/nshistory19.html ''History of Nova Scotia with Special Attention Given to Transportation and Communication'']</ref> After renting for many years, the CBC purchased the building in 1981. However, in the wake of staff reductions and programming cuts, the CBC sold the building in 2014 as part of plans to consolidate television and radio in a new facility on 7067 Chebucto Road in the Armdale neighbourhood of [[West End, Halifax|Halifax's West End]].
"What's next for this corner of Sackville and South Park", ''Information Morning'' CBC Radio, Nov. 14, 2014]</ref>


==Arts space==
==Arts space==
In addition to its role as the Halifax home of CBC Radio, the building also offered free space to a wide range of arts organizations, playing a vital role in the growth of the province's cultural scene. The offices of the classical music organizations Debut Atlantic and the St. Cecilia Concert Series were housed there at the invitation of then-regional radio director Bill Donovan. in 1993, the building also became home to the [[Atlantic Film Festival]] at the invitation of then-CBC Television director Fred Mattocks, following the festival's loss of office space at the [[National Film Board of Canada]]'s centre on [[Barrington Street]], which was destroyed by fire in 1991. Other arts organizations with space at the building included the Centre for Art Tapes, the Atlantic Filmmakers Cooperative, the Linda Joy Media Arts Society, the Moving Images Group, Shortworks, and dance groups Mocean Dance and Live Art Dance.<ref name="Butler">{{cite news|url=http://www.thecoast.ca/halifax/the-partys-over-for-cbcs-inadvertent-incubator/Content?oid=4457108|title=The party’s over for CBC’s inadvertent incubator|last=Butler|first=Erica|date=13 November 2014|work=[[The Coast]]|accessdate=14 November 2014}}</ref>
In addition to its role as the Halifax home of CBC Radio, the building also offered free space to a wide range of arts organizations, playing a vital role in the growth of the province's cultural scene. The offices of the classical music organizations Debut Atlantic and the St. Cecilia Concert Series were housed there at the invitation of then-regional radio director Bill Donovan. in 1993, the building also became home to the [[Atlantic Film Festival]] at the invitation of then-CBC Television director Fred Mattocks, following the festival's loss of office space at the [[National Film Board of Canada]]'s centre on [[Barrington Street]], which was destroyed by fire in 1991. Other arts organizations with space at the building included the Centre for Art Tapes, the Atlantic Filmmakers Cooperative, the Linda Joy Media Arts Society, the Moving Images Group, Shortworks, and dance groups Mocean Dance and Live Art Dance.<ref name="Butler">{{cite news|url=http://www.thecoast.ca/halifax/the-partys-over-for-cbcs-inadvertent-incubator/Content?oid=4457108|title=The party's over for CBC's inadvertent incubator|last=Butler|first=Erica|date=13 November 2014|work=[[The Coast (newspaper)|The Coast]]|accessdate=14 November 2014}}</ref>

== Demolition ==
CBC broadcast its final shows from the building in November 2014. The building was purchased by Southwest Developments who began demolition on it in March 2016. The former site of the CBC building and the adjacent [[YMCA]] are now the location of two 13-storey residential buildings.<ref name="Butler" />


==References==
==References==
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Latest revision as of 21:17, 20 November 2024

CBC Radio Building
The building seen in 2012
Map
Alternative namesUnited Services Building, F.C. Manning Building
General information
StatusDemolished
Architectural styleStreamline Moderne
LocationHalifax, Nova Scotia
Address5600 Sackville Street
Coordinates44°38′36″N 63°34′54″W / 44.64333°N 63.58167°W / 44.64333; -63.58167
Completed1933
Demolished2016
Technical details
Structural systemReinforced concrete
Floor count4
Design and construction
Architect(s)Sydney Perry Dumaresq

The CBC Radio Building was a landmark Streamline Moderne-style office building located in Halifax, Nova Scotia overlooking the Halifax Citadel and Halifax Public Gardens which served as the home of CBC Radio in Nova Scotia from 1944 to 2014.

Origins

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The building was made for Fred C. Manning, a Nova Scotia businessman who built a chain of gas stations and car dealerships during the 1920s and 30s known as the United Service Corporation. Completed in 1933, it originally served as a car dealership, gas station and Manning's head office. Sydney Perry Dumaresq,[1] one of a family of famous Nova Scotian architects,[2] designed the building in the Streamline Moderne-style, a 1930s variation of Art Deco known for its elegant curves and often associated with transportation facilities of the era. In order to maximize the use of the corner property, parking was provided on the roof of the building, with access via a specially built elevator.[1]

CBC Radio

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In 1944, the CBC Radio station CBHA and other CBC services in Nova Scotia moved into the building[3] installing their transmission tower on the roof in the first few years.[4] CBC studios soon grew to occupy more of the building which came to serve as home to English CBC Radio One station CBHA-FM and Radio Two station CBH-FM as well as radio administration and various arts programs. The Canadian humourist Max Ferguson began his CBC career in the building in 1946, creating the character "Rawhide" to host a morning country and western show that soon became a satirical hit.[5] After renting for many years, the CBC purchased the building in 1981. However, in the wake of staff reductions and programming cuts, the CBC sold the building in 2014 as part of plans to consolidate television and radio in a new facility on 7067 Chebucto Road in the Armdale neighbourhood of Halifax's West End.

Arts space

[edit]

In addition to its role as the Halifax home of CBC Radio, the building also offered free space to a wide range of arts organizations, playing a vital role in the growth of the province's cultural scene. The offices of the classical music organizations Debut Atlantic and the St. Cecilia Concert Series were housed there at the invitation of then-regional radio director Bill Donovan. in 1993, the building also became home to the Atlantic Film Festival at the invitation of then-CBC Television director Fred Mattocks, following the festival's loss of office space at the National Film Board of Canada's centre on Barrington Street, which was destroyed by fire in 1991. Other arts organizations with space at the building included the Centre for Art Tapes, the Atlantic Filmmakers Cooperative, the Linda Joy Media Arts Society, the Moving Images Group, Shortworks, and dance groups Mocean Dance and Live Art Dance.[6]

Demolition

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CBC broadcast its final shows from the building in November 2014. The building was purchased by Southwest Developments who began demolition on it in March 2016. The former site of the CBC building and the adjacent YMCA are now the location of two 13-storey residential buildings.[6]

References

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  1. ^ a b J. Philip Dumaresq, "The Story of the CBC Radio Building at Sackville and Bell Road, Halifax", The Griffin, Vol. 35, No. 3 September 2010
  2. ^ Marjorie Simmins, "The Family that Built this City" Archived 2014-04-07 at the Wayback Machine, Halifaxmag.com April 2011
  3. ^ "'An East Coast Port': Halifax in Wartime, 1939-1945, ``Nova Scotia Archives``
  4. ^ Radio Station History, "CBHA-FM (Radio one), Halifax, Canadian Broadcasting Corp." Archived 2016-12-20 at the Wayback Machine, Canadian Communications Foundation
  5. ^ History of Nova Scotia with Special Attention Given to Transportation and Communication
  6. ^ a b Butler, Erica (13 November 2014). "The party's over for CBC's inadvertent incubator". The Coast. Retrieved 14 November 2014.
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