Who lives downtown? : Population and demographic change in downtown Halifax, 1951-2011

Did the 2006 Municipal Planning Strategy and HRM by Design increase the Centre and developer friendly Fusion Halifax agree on the need to densify the urban core and residential population in the downtown core? [...] Whitzman’s analysis utilized media coverage in her construction of the term “slum” the 1950s and 1960s, regional coordination in the 1970s and 1980s, and amalgamation after and census returns to track the neighbourhood’s change. [...] The Plan considered the coexistence of commercial and residential uses in the area unacceptable. [...] The Plan advocated the completion of the Westmount development and low-income housing adjacent to the North Commons. [...] In the 1960s the area was cleared the CBD, the 1950 Zoning Map permitted residential uses throughout the downtown core.