The Hydrostone
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| Country |  Canada |
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| Province |  Nova Scotia |
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| Municipality | Halifax Regional Municipality | ||
| Planning area | Halifax Peninsula | ||
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| - Council | Peninsula Council | ||
| Time zone | AST (UTC-4) | ||
| Area code(s) | 902 | ||
| Halifax Peninsula Communities | Armdale, Downtown, Hydrostone, North End, Quinpool, South End, Spring Garden, West End | ||
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The Hydrostone (Locally called The Hydrostones) is a neighbourhood in the North End of the Halifax Peninsula in the Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia, Canada. It consists of ten short parallel streets and is bordered by Duffus Street to the north, Young Street to the south, Isleville Street to the west and Novalea Drive to the east.
The neighbourhood was designed by architect Thomas Adams to provide housing for working-class families displaced by the Halifax Explosion in 1917. Architectural design was by George Ross of the Montreal architectural firm of Ross and Macdonald. The neighbourhood draws its name from the special cinderblocks from which the houses were constructed. Most of the dwellings are row-houses in groups of four and six, except for the large, two-storey single-family houses at the eastern end of each street. Some have been converted to sets of flats.
All of the streets in the Hydrostone are boulevards except Stanley Place. These boulevards have treed, grassy strips which serve as communal outdoor space for the neighbourhood. This is consistent with the Garden city movement by which Adams was influenced. All streets are also served by back lanes, a feature not found in most other Nova Scotia communities.
It is a registered National Historic Site.
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