The Globe and Mail

A 27-storey twin-tower development in downtown Halifax has become the flashpoint in the dispute between a group demanding the city's architectural heritage be preserved and another demanding it be allowed to evolve. After an overflowing public hearing ran out of time last week, the Halifax Regional Council will reconvene tomorrow night to hear further submissions on whether United Gulf Development Ltd. can build its $150-million, 285-feet-tall hotel and condo project. The council is expected to vote late tomorrow night on the twisted glass towers. For decades, development proposals in Halifax have been scrutinized to ensure they did not adversely affect cherished old buildings, such as Historic Properties, where privateers stashed their booty in the War of 1812, or Keith's Brewery, where Alexander Keith started brewing his famous ale in 1820.