“Gottingen Street, all the big stores were up there: Discount Shoeland, Woolworth’s. It was booming back in the ’60s.” – Stan Spencer, Halifax, NS

“I’m getting old enough to retire. A lot of people born in the ’50s are getting of age, and they’re getting out. And so I think that’s where you get the big change in business.” – Craig Sievert, Halifax, NS

“Back in the ’80s they opened the malls and the power centers way outside the city and people just don’t make it back downtown.” – Steve Roberts, Halifax, NS