Dominion Building

Halifax’s own slice of Gotham City.
Go ahead, step up to the steps before the entrance and look up. I dare you not to imagine our very own Batman peering out over the city and harbour.
The art deco styling of the building is what brought us to this our 7^th stop on the OpenDoorsHalifax tour, Day 2. Sure the gargoyles are seahorses. far less imposing that the typical bats, cats and other hybrids… but it’s so Halifax it hurts.
The main lobby has been restored to it’s original post office glory. Stonework and brass windows will flash you back to the simpler time when your mail waited for you downtown instead of being dropped off at your door.
The government offices now are the only tenants in this building, so we were only able to go up to the 7^th floor atrium… a connection of two separate buildings creating an indoor atrium that you can get beautiful views of both the harbor and the dome.
The dome is a beautiful addition, however no one is allowed up there anymore because of too much clutter after meeting the building codes.
It’s cool look back into what Halifax’s first skyscraper was like.