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172: 22: 245: 150: 130:, that inspired the writing of a book entitled “The Man Who Built Churches”, and a developer responsible for several subdivisions throughout Halifax, seemed to have a fondness for Bridgeview, having built homes for the majority of his adult children to live in this neighbourhood - Laurie Stevens (Marilyn), Jean Pierce (Arden), Audrey Keeping (Clyde), Elsie Lewis (Lou), and Shelia Munro (John). 133:“Birdland”, as it was affectionately called by its residents in the 1970s and 1980s, acquired this nickname as all of streets were named after birds - Flamingo Drive, Kingfisher Crescent, Dove Street, Canary Crescent, Nightingale Drive, Swan Crescent, Skylark Street, to name a few. 140:
winding its way up the hill to what used to be a dead end, a wooded area leading to a path commonly known as the “buggy trail”. This has since been developed and is now the
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sponsored little league baseball team), a tennis court, basketball court and playground, has since become a popular playground, basketball and tennis court.
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Halifax Regional Council (August 2, 2005), application for Beechville United Church and Cemetery- HRM Heritage property program
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Flamingo Drive, the main road of the subdivision, is 1.54km in length and runs from the
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In the 1970s and early 1980s, Bridgeview was also home to
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33 and 31 Kingfisher Crescent, Bridgeview Nova Scotia
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BD Stevens Ltd - Our History of Success
Destination Nova Scotia
Halifax Regional Council (August 2, 2005), application for Beechville United Church and Cemetery- HRM Heritage property program
Geographical Names of Canada
44°40′15″N 63°39′18.9″W / 44.67083°N 63.655250°W / 44.67083; -63.655250

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