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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 has |
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 has served as the home of CBC Radio in Nova Scotia since 1947. |
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==Origins== |
==Origins== |
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Revision as of 16:01, 14 November 2014
| CBC Radio Building | |
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| Alternative names | United Services Building, F.C. Manning Building |
| General information | |
| Architectural style | Streamline Moderne |
| Location | Halifax, Nova Scotia |
| Address | 5600 Sackville Street |
| Coordinates | 44°38′36″N 63°34′54″W / 44.64333°N 63.58167°W |
| Completed | 1933 |
| Technical details | |
| Structural system | Reinforced concrete |
| Floor count | 4 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | Sydney Perry Dumaresq |
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 has served as the home of CBC Radio in Nova Scotia since 1947.
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,[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
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 and the CBC purchased it 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. However CBC plans to leave the building to be demolished by the adjacent YMCA who intend to build a 13 story condominium on the site.
Arts incubator
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.[5]
References
- ^ 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
- ^ Marjorie Simmins, "The Family that Built this City", Halifaxmag.com April 2011
- ^ "'An East Coast Port': Halifax in Wartime, 1939-1945, ``Nova Scotia Archives``
- ^ Radio Station History, "CBHA-FM (Radio one), Halifax, Canadian Broadcasting Corp.", Canadian Communications Foundation
- ^ Butler, Erica (13 November 2014). "The party's over for CBC's inadvertent incubator". The Coast. Retrieved 14 November 2014.