Quinpool district

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The Quinpool district usually refers to the commercial section of Quinpool Road in Halifax, Nova Scotia as well as a few streets to the north and south of it. A fairly eclectic variety of local businesses populate the street, including many popular Chinese and Greek restaurants. as well as a Holiday Inn. The art-deco Oxford Theatre, which plays mostly independent films, can also be found on this street. Quinpool Road terminates at what is known as the Willow Tree, on Robie Street an unusual five-way intersection named for the prominent tree that once grew in the median. On the other end is the Armdale Rotary . From Connaught Ave to the Willow Tree Quinpool Road is unofficially part of Nova Scotia Highway 102 and is part of the Nova Scotia provincial road system meaning in part the Province of Nova Scotia pays the Halifax Regional Municipality for snow clearing and maintenance .

While the street is an important commercial district in Halifax, it also forms a major boundary between the city's workign classNorth End and wealthierSouth End, both physically and socially. Quinpool is also the heart of the city's middle class West End neighbourhood. The area is also home to two rival high schools, St. Patrick's High School and Queen Elizabeth High School. These two schools will soon be combined, as construction of the new Citadel High School is well under way.

Quinpool Road takes its name from an Irish man named Quinn who lived by a stretch of water in the NorthWest Arm known as "Quinn's Pool".