The armdale rotary
Apparently our little rotary that takes us around and around taking our very life in our hands - giving us views of both suburbia schtick and the wonderful water, has been immortalized in both song and in haiku poetry.
Jen Grant has a nice little song (that cbc loves to play often) called dreamer - hear it here
http://www.myspace.com/jenngrant1. you can pick out her line about the rotary and chocolate lake.
It has made it into wikipedia which documents the ongoing controversy over whether it is a rotary or a roundabout. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armdale_traffic_circle
Pics of the place can be seen here http://www.thegreatness.com/old/rotary.html but does not do the ocean view justice. I think it is because we like to complain about this oddity and the traffic snarls it entails - but we forget to look out at the water and the sky and the birds - every day I try to remember to look so that I can remember it when we leave.
Jen Grant has a nice little song (that cbc loves to play often) called dreamer - hear it here
http://www.myspace.com/jenngrant1. you can pick out her line about the rotary and chocolate lake.
It has made it into wikipedia which documents the ongoing controversy over whether it is a rotary or a roundabout. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armdale_traffic_circle
Pics of the place can be seen here http://www.thegreatness.com/old/rotary.html but does not do the ocean view justice. I think it is because we like to complain about this oddity and the traffic snarls it entails - but we forget to look out at the water and the sky and the birds - every day I try to remember to look so that I can remember it when we leave.
posted by ayearinhalifax | 9:05 AM
1 Comments:
I would also like to point out that on the map (if you follow that link) Dutch Village Road is actually Joeseph Howe Drive. But every map lables it as Dutch Village Rd. The actual DVR is a few kilometres up Joe Howe.
Also the first picture is taken from the St. Margaret's Bay Road entrance to the rotary. Most people and many of the signs simply call it the Bay Road, though.
Maps and signs are not to be trusted in this place. They mean well, but...
Mike
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