Maritime Centre, Office building in Downtown Halifax, Canada
Maritime Centre is an office building on Barrington Street in downtown Halifax, Nova Scotia, known for its colored glass facade. It contains multiple floors of office and retail space and is one of the larger structures in the city core.
The building opened in 1977 on the site of an older theater that had been demolished to make way for it. Its completion marked a turning point in Halifax's shift toward a modern downtown business district.
The colored glass facade of the Maritime Centre faces St. Matthew's United Church, one of the oldest places of worship in the city. This contrast between modern glass and historic stone is easy to notice from the sidewalk on Barrington Street.
The building stands on Barrington Street, one of the main streets in downtown Halifax, and is easy to reach on foot from most central points. As it is primarily an office building, the area around the entrance is most active on weekdays during the day.
For many years after it opened, the Maritime Centre was the largest office property in the Atlantic Canada region and drew businesses that had few comparable options nearby. This concentration helped shape Halifax's role as the economic center of the region.
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