In 2015, DHBC launched a Gritty to Pretty placemaking program to award a limited number of grants for beautification projects located in Downtown Halifax.
Gritty to Pretty includes three grants: Open Grant for any great beautification initiative, one specifically for Façade Lighting, and one for Murals. These projects contribute to DHBC's beautification efforts to make Downtown Halifax more welcoming to locals and visitors alike. Learn more about the program here.
Grab Your Camera and Explore
Grab your camera and explore the public art in Downtown Halifax. You're welcome to start your tour anywhere, but our tour starts in Peace and Friendship Park at the corner of Barrington and South streets, moves into the Downtown core, and finishes on the beautiful Halifax Waterfront.
Before you start, we recommend grabbing a coffee or cold drink from Rousseau Chocolatier, 5151 South Street; Trident Booksellers and Cafe, 1256 Hollis Street; Swee Tea House, 1237 Barrington Street, or any cafe or restaurant along the way.
More Public Art to Check Out Downtown
- Vytaiemo, Peace and Friendship Park (statue)
- The Emigrant Statue, Halifax Seaport
- Women War Volunteers, Halifax Seaport (sculpture)
- Samuel Cunard Statue, Halifax Seaport
- Lower Water Mural, Lower Water Street
- Sailors' Memorial, Sackville Landing, Halifax Waterfront Boardwalk
- Wave, Halifax Waterfront Boardwalk (sculpture)
- Bearly's Bar & Grill, 1269 Barrington Street (mural)
- Blowers Street Alley, 5228 Blowers Street (mural)
- The Black Market, 1545 Grafton Street (mural)
- Porous Light, Argyle Street (sculpture)
- The Whale, Rogers Square (sculpture)
- The Cenotaphy War Memorial, Grand Parade
- Custom House Lions, Granville Mall (sculpture)
- Origins, Ondaatje Courtyard, Art Gallery of Nova Scotia (sculpture)
- Celtic Cross, George Street
- Art Mural Wall, waterside of the Halifax Marriott Harbourfront Hotel, 1919 Upper Water Street
- 'Fountain', and 'Get Drunk, Fall Down', the Drunken Lampposts, Halifax Waterfront
- Passage, Halifax Waterfront (sculpture)