“One Saturday morning we marched up here en masse, there must have been 40 of us or so in the procession. And then some people joined us at the store, there must have been a hundred people through the store.” – Tim Rissesco, Dartmouth, NS

“Back in the ’70s and ’80s, it was a bustling street, and then it sort of died down and it lost its lustre. Now, in these couple past years it’s been growing.” – Christopher Hagen, Dartmouth, 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

“I miss the space. I’m missing having all this crazy space in this crazy old cool Victorian gothic building where people can just do all sorts of weird art projects.” – Dan Joyce, Halifax, NS