alklay
Senior Member
Agreed. I think most are calling it Yonge Dundas Square and as they should, as it is the name of the area.
Oh yes, TLS still blows.
Oh yes, TLS still blows.
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dt_toronto_geek
Superstar
The open space on the S/E corner is Yonge Dundas Square. The new shopping centre on the N/E corner is Toronto Life Square, originally it was to be called Metropolis before Toronto Life bought the naming rights.
smuncky
Senior Member
i still call it metroplis because toronto life square is too long to say and no one knows what TLS is.
Tewder
Senior Member
There is nothing 'plain' about 'Dundas Square'. It is simple and adequate. We don't call the plaza in front of City Hall 'Queen Nathan Phillips Square' either, for that matter (though it does seem amusing). Anyhow, maybe we should just all do a panty check and move on?
Dan416
Senior Member
I just don't think people like being told what they should call something. Dundas Square is what it was, so people were resistant to being told "oh it's Yonge-Dundas Square now" and people are even more resistant to a corporation making a building next door called "Toronto Life Square" and hoping that people would start calling it that instead.
299 bloor call control.
Senior Member
This is the kind of billboard we should get on TLS and environs:
Times Square Gets Solar-Powered Billboard
Robin Lloyd
Senior Editor
LiveScience.com Wed Jul 2, 12:56 PM ET
An electronic billboard entirely powered by the sun and wind is set to go up in Times Square in December, a company said today.
The "eco-friendly" billboard is the first of its kind in Times Square and the eastern United States, the second in the United States and the third in the world, said Ricoh Americas Corp. spokesman Russell Marchetta.
The billboard, for Ricoh Americas' parent company Ricoh Company Ltd. of Tokyo, will measure 47 feet (14 meters) high by 126 feet (38 meters) long. Its floodlights will be powered on site by 45 solar panels and four wind turbines.
The result will reduce carbon dioxide usage by 18 tons a year, Marchetta said.
The office automation equipment and electronics supplier already has an electronic sign in Osaka, Japan, that is 100 percent solar- and wind-powered.
The first solar-powered billboard in the United States came last year when Pacific Gas and Electric erected one in San Francisco.
The new billboard will wrap around the corner of Seventh Avenue and 42nd Street. The exact image is yet to be announced, though an artist's rendering with a dummy image has been released.
On days lacking enough solar or wind power, the sign will go un-illuminated, Marchetta said.
"If the floodlights aren't on, you'll be able to see the sign. You just won't have the lights on it," he told LiveScience.
Times Square Gets Solar-Powered Billboard
Robin Lloyd
Senior Editor
LiveScience.com Wed Jul 2, 12:56 PM ET
An electronic billboard entirely powered by the sun and wind is set to go up in Times Square in December, a company said today.
The "eco-friendly" billboard is the first of its kind in Times Square and the eastern United States, the second in the United States and the third in the world, said Ricoh Americas Corp. spokesman Russell Marchetta.
The billboard, for Ricoh Americas' parent company Ricoh Company Ltd. of Tokyo, will measure 47 feet (14 meters) high by 126 feet (38 meters) long. Its floodlights will be powered on site by 45 solar panels and four wind turbines.
The result will reduce carbon dioxide usage by 18 tons a year, Marchetta said.
The office automation equipment and electronics supplier already has an electronic sign in Osaka, Japan, that is 100 percent solar- and wind-powered.
The first solar-powered billboard in the United States came last year when Pacific Gas and Electric erected one in San Francisco.
The new billboard will wrap around the corner of Seventh Avenue and 42nd Street. The exact image is yet to be announced, though an artist's rendering with a dummy image has been released.
On days lacking enough solar or wind power, the sign will go un-illuminated, Marchetta said.
"If the floodlights aren't on, you'll be able to see the sign. You just won't have the lights on it," he told LiveScience.
khris
Senior Member
I've always referred to it as Yonge-Dundas Square. Call me crazy, but I tend to call things by their actual names.
Calling it Dundas Square is just lazy It's like people calling me Khris when my name is Khristopher.
Calling it Dundas Square is just lazy
It's like people calling me Khris when my name is Khristopher.
grey
Senior Member
Skydome.
Paramount Theatre.
BCE Place.
...
O'Keefe Centre.
Paramount Theatre.
BCE Place.
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O'Keefe Centre.
Dan416
Senior Member
Honestly who calls Paramount the Scotiabank Theatre?
Urban Shocker
Doyenne
Honestly, I do.
H
Hydrogen
Guest
It's all kinda like being in two places at the same time.
khris
Senior Member
I definitely call it Scotiabank Theatre.
VoiceofReality
Active Member
New Venue And Festival Box Office Location Announced For TIFF08
New Venue And Festival Box Office Location Announced For TIFF08
06/26/2008 - Toronto International Film Festival ®
Toronto – The 33rd Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) returns to Festival Village in downtown Toronto for its fourteenth consecutive year, expanding to include 10 AMC Yonge & Dundas screens as well as a new Festival Box Office location at Toronto Life Square. The addition of the Festival Box Office at Toronto Life Square (10 Dundas Street East, third floor) has been included this year to better serve attendees in the downtown core. The TIFFG Box Office at Manulife Centre and Roy Thomson Hall Box Office at Metro Square return, offering a wider choice of Festival ticketing locations to the public.
The AMC Yonge & Dundas will provide almost one third of TIFF’s 34 screens, and offers state-of-the-art digital facilities. In addition, the Festival is pleased to welcome back Roy Thomson Hall for the fourteenth year, as it hosts Opening Night, Closing Night and Gala Presentations, while the Visa Screening Room, located at the Elgin Theatre, once again hosts Special Presentations and other Premium screenings. Additional returning cinemas in the Festival Village include: Cineplex Odeon Varsity Cinemas, Alliance Atlantis Cumberland Cinemas, the Isabel Bader Theatre at Victoria College on the grounds of the University of Toronto, the Winter Garden Theatre, Jackman Hall at the Art Gallery of Ontario, Ryerson Theatre at Ryerson University and the Scotiabank Theatre Toronto. The National Film Board of Canada Mediatheque also returns for pre-Festival Press Screenings.
Tickets can be purchased online at tiff08.ca, by phone 416-968-FILM or 1-877-968-FILM, or in-person at the TIFFG Box Office at Manulife Centre, 55 Bloor Street West (main floor, north entrance), beginning July 7 for Visa†cardholders only.
NEW TICKET PACKAGES
The Festival Lite and Daytime Lite Packages offer smaller versions of the original Festival Package and Daytime Package, respectively, for those who want to experience the Festival on a lighter scale. The Festival Lite offers the opportunity to see up to 30 films, while the Daytime Lite is good for up to 15 films (one ticket per screening). The Festival Package and Daytime Package are still available for TIFF-going cinephiles.
NEW STUDENT CARD
The TIFF Student Card allows students the opportunity to see up to five films in one day, for the price of one regular-priced ticket.
IMPORTANT DATES June 27:
The official website for the 33rd Toronto International Film Festival goes live at tiff08.ca
July 7 through July 13:
Visa cardholders can order Ticket Packages online at tiff08.ca, by phone at 416-968-FILM or 1-877-968-FILM, or in-person at the TIFFG Box Office at Manulife Centre, 55 Bloor Street West (main floor, north entrance) as of July 7 at 10 a.m.
Beginning July 14:
Cash and debit sales of Ticket Packages begin as of 10 a.m.
July 23:
Film titles and first screening dates and times announced for Midnight Madness, Sprockets Family Zone and Wavelengths programmes. Visit tiff08.ca
August 19:
The complete film list is available at tiff08.ca
Beginning August 23:
Premium Tickets (Gala Presentations at Roy Thomson Hall and Visa Screening Room presentations at the Elgin Theatre) are available online, by phone, or in-person at the TIFFG Box Office at Manulife Centre as of 10 a.m.
Beginning August 26:
The Advance Order Form, Programme Book and the Official Film Schedule will be available from the Festival Box Office at Toronto Life Square. All schedule information is also available online at tiff08.ca
August 29: Completed Advance Order Books are due by 1 p.m. at the Festival Box Office at Toronto Life Square for entry into the Advance Order Draw.
Beginning September 3:
Tickets are available for purchase at 7 a.m. from all advance Box Office locations, by phone at 416-968-FILM or 1-877-968-FILM, or online at tiff08.ca (subject to availability).
BOX OFFICE HOURS OF OPERATION
TIFFG BOX OFFICE at MANULIFE CENTRE
55 Bloor Street West, main floor, north entrance
10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday to Saturday (Closed Monday August 4, Saturday August 30 and Monday September 1)
7 a.m. to 7 p.m. September 3 to 12
7 a.m. to 5 p.m. September 13
FESTIVAL BOX OFFICE at TORONTO LIFE SQUARE
10 Dundas Street East, third floor
9 a.m. to 7 p.m. August 26 to August 29 (Closed Saturday August 30 and Sunday August 31)
10 a.m. to 6 p.m. September 1 and 2
7 a.m. to 7 p.m. September 3 to 12
7 a.m. to 5 p.m. September 13
ROY THOMSON HALL BOX OFFICE at METRO SQUARE
King and Simcoe Streets
7 a.m. to 7 p.m. September 3
7 a.m. to 10 p.m. September 4 to 12
7 a.m. to 9 p.m. September 13
ORDERS BY PHONE (416-968-FILM or 1-877-968-FILM)
10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday to Saturday (Closed Monday August 4, Saturday August 30 and Monday September 1)
7 a.m. to 7 p.m. September 3 to 12
7 a.m. to 5 p.m. September 13
PRICING
Ticket Packages:
Festival Package
Adult $509.00, Student/Senior $431.00
Daytime Package
Adult $196.00, Student/Senior $157.50
10-Ticket Package
Adult $154.50
Festival Lite Package
Adult $375.00
Daytime Lite Package
Adult $135.00
Globetrotter Package (Evenings/Weekend)
Adult $112.53
Globetrotter Daytime Package
Adult $99.23
Festival Experience Package (Evenings/Weekend)
Adult $68.54
Festival Experience Daytime Package
Adult $63.42
Family Package
Adult $76.72
Wavelengths Package
Adult $66.49
Midnight Madness Package
Adult $156.51, Student/Senior $100.00
Visa Screening Room Package 6 p.m./ 9 p.m.
Adult $350.00
Closing Night Gala & Pre-Screening Cocktail (September 13)
Adult $175.00
TIFF Student Card
$19.29
Single Tickets:
Premium Tickets (Gala and Visa Screening Room, available as of August 23)
Adult $37.38, Student/Senior $18.57 (same day only)
Regular Public Screening Tickets (available as of September 3)
Adult $19.29, Student/Senior $16.67 (same day only)
Programme Book
$32.00
* GST, building-fund fee, and service charges not included.
Bell LightboxConstruction of Bell Lightbox, soon to be one of the world’s leading innovative cultural institutions and headquarters for TIFFG, began on February 1, 2007. A five-storey podium building located on Reitman Square in the heart of Toronto’s downtown entertainment district, Bell Lightbox is designed by world-renowned Toronto-based architectural firm KPMB. The building includes five cinemas, two galleries, three learning studios, and an enhanced film reference library and archive.
The campaign to build Bell Lightbox is generously supported by founding sponsor Bell. The Government of Canada and the Government of Ontario each have contributed $25 million to realize Bell Lightbox. A gift of more than $22 million has been confirmed from the Reitman family – acclaimed filmmaker Ivan Reitman and his sisters Agi Mandel and Susan Michaels – and The Daniels Corporation, who together form the King and John Festival Corporation. The project is also supported by RBC as Major Sponsor and Official Bank, Visa, Copyright Collective of Canada, NBC Universal Canada, The Allan Slaight Family, The Brian Linehan Charitable Foundation, CIBC, and many other individuals and corporations. The TIFFG Board of Directors, staff and many generous individuals have also contributed to the campaign. The total amount raised to date is $147 million, three quarters of the total campaign of $196 million.
The Toronto International Film Festival Group is a charitable, not-for-profit, cultural organization whose mission is to transform the way people see the world. Its vision is to lead the world in creative and cultural discovery through the moving image.
New Venue And Festival Box Office Location Announced For TIFF08
06/26/2008 - Toronto International Film Festival ®
Toronto – The 33rd Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) returns to Festival Village in downtown Toronto for its fourteenth consecutive year, expanding to include 10 AMC Yonge & Dundas screens as well as a new Festival Box Office location at Toronto Life Square. The addition of the Festival Box Office at Toronto Life Square (10 Dundas Street East, third floor) has been included this year to better serve attendees in the downtown core. The TIFFG Box Office at Manulife Centre and Roy Thomson Hall Box Office at Metro Square return, offering a wider choice of Festival ticketing locations to the public.
The AMC Yonge & Dundas will provide almost one third of TIFF’s 34 screens, and offers state-of-the-art digital facilities. In addition, the Festival is pleased to welcome back Roy Thomson Hall for the fourteenth year, as it hosts Opening Night, Closing Night and Gala Presentations, while the Visa Screening Room, located at the Elgin Theatre, once again hosts Special Presentations and other Premium screenings. Additional returning cinemas in the Festival Village include: Cineplex Odeon Varsity Cinemas, Alliance Atlantis Cumberland Cinemas, the Isabel Bader Theatre at Victoria College on the grounds of the University of Toronto, the Winter Garden Theatre, Jackman Hall at the Art Gallery of Ontario, Ryerson Theatre at Ryerson University and the Scotiabank Theatre Toronto. The National Film Board of Canada Mediatheque also returns for pre-Festival Press Screenings.
Tickets can be purchased online at tiff08.ca, by phone 416-968-FILM or 1-877-968-FILM, or in-person at the TIFFG Box Office at Manulife Centre, 55 Bloor Street West (main floor, north entrance), beginning July 7 for Visa†cardholders only.
NEW TICKET PACKAGES
The Festival Lite and Daytime Lite Packages offer smaller versions of the original Festival Package and Daytime Package, respectively, for those who want to experience the Festival on a lighter scale. The Festival Lite offers the opportunity to see up to 30 films, while the Daytime Lite is good for up to 15 films (one ticket per screening). The Festival Package and Daytime Package are still available for TIFF-going cinephiles.
NEW STUDENT CARD
The TIFF Student Card allows students the opportunity to see up to five films in one day, for the price of one regular-priced ticket.
IMPORTANT DATES June 27:
The official website for the 33rd Toronto International Film Festival goes live at tiff08.ca
July 7 through July 13:
Visa cardholders can order Ticket Packages online at tiff08.ca, by phone at 416-968-FILM or 1-877-968-FILM, or in-person at the TIFFG Box Office at Manulife Centre, 55 Bloor Street West (main floor, north entrance) as of July 7 at 10 a.m.
Beginning July 14:
Cash and debit sales of Ticket Packages begin as of 10 a.m.
July 23:
Film titles and first screening dates and times announced for Midnight Madness, Sprockets Family Zone and Wavelengths programmes. Visit tiff08.ca
August 19:
The complete film list is available at tiff08.ca
Beginning August 23:
Premium Tickets (Gala Presentations at Roy Thomson Hall and Visa Screening Room presentations at the Elgin Theatre) are available online, by phone, or in-person at the TIFFG Box Office at Manulife Centre as of 10 a.m.
Beginning August 26:
The Advance Order Form, Programme Book and the Official Film Schedule will be available from the Festival Box Office at Toronto Life Square. All schedule information is also available online at tiff08.ca
August 29: Completed Advance Order Books are due by 1 p.m. at the Festival Box Office at Toronto Life Square for entry into the Advance Order Draw.
Beginning September 3:
Tickets are available for purchase at 7 a.m. from all advance Box Office locations, by phone at 416-968-FILM or 1-877-968-FILM, or online at tiff08.ca (subject to availability).
BOX OFFICE HOURS OF OPERATION
TIFFG BOX OFFICE at MANULIFE CENTRE
55 Bloor Street West, main floor, north entrance
10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday to Saturday (Closed Monday August 4, Saturday August 30 and Monday September 1)
7 a.m. to 7 p.m. September 3 to 12
7 a.m. to 5 p.m. September 13
FESTIVAL BOX OFFICE at TORONTO LIFE SQUARE
10 Dundas Street East, third floor
9 a.m. to 7 p.m. August 26 to August 29 (Closed Saturday August 30 and Sunday August 31)
10 a.m. to 6 p.m. September 1 and 2
7 a.m. to 7 p.m. September 3 to 12
7 a.m. to 5 p.m. September 13
ROY THOMSON HALL BOX OFFICE at METRO SQUARE
King and Simcoe Streets
7 a.m. to 7 p.m. September 3
7 a.m. to 10 p.m. September 4 to 12
7 a.m. to 9 p.m. September 13
ORDERS BY PHONE (416-968-FILM or 1-877-968-FILM)
10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday to Saturday (Closed Monday August 4, Saturday August 30 and Monday September 1)
7 a.m. to 7 p.m. September 3 to 12
7 a.m. to 5 p.m. September 13
PRICING
Ticket Packages:
Festival Package
Adult $509.00, Student/Senior $431.00
Daytime Package
Adult $196.00, Student/Senior $157.50
10-Ticket Package
Adult $154.50
Festival Lite Package
Adult $375.00
Daytime Lite Package
Adult $135.00
Globetrotter Package (Evenings/Weekend)
Adult $112.53
Globetrotter Daytime Package
Adult $99.23
Festival Experience Package (Evenings/Weekend)
Adult $68.54
Festival Experience Daytime Package
Adult $63.42
Family Package
Adult $76.72
Wavelengths Package
Adult $66.49
Midnight Madness Package
Adult $156.51, Student/Senior $100.00
Visa Screening Room Package 6 p.m./ 9 p.m.
Adult $350.00
Closing Night Gala & Pre-Screening Cocktail (September 13)
Adult $175.00
TIFF Student Card
$19.29
Single Tickets:
Premium Tickets (Gala and Visa Screening Room, available as of August 23)
Adult $37.38, Student/Senior $18.57 (same day only)
Regular Public Screening Tickets (available as of September 3)
Adult $19.29, Student/Senior $16.67 (same day only)
Programme Book
$32.00
* GST, building-fund fee, and service charges not included.
Bell LightboxConstruction of Bell Lightbox, soon to be one of the world’s leading innovative cultural institutions and headquarters for TIFFG, began on February 1, 2007. A five-storey podium building located on Reitman Square in the heart of Toronto’s downtown entertainment district, Bell Lightbox is designed by world-renowned Toronto-based architectural firm KPMB. The building includes five cinemas, two galleries, three learning studios, and an enhanced film reference library and archive.
The campaign to build Bell Lightbox is generously supported by founding sponsor Bell. The Government of Canada and the Government of Ontario each have contributed $25 million to realize Bell Lightbox. A gift of more than $22 million has been confirmed from the Reitman family – acclaimed filmmaker Ivan Reitman and his sisters Agi Mandel and Susan Michaels – and The Daniels Corporation, who together form the King and John Festival Corporation. The project is also supported by RBC as Major Sponsor and Official Bank, Visa, Copyright Collective of Canada, NBC Universal Canada, The Allan Slaight Family, The Brian Linehan Charitable Foundation, CIBC, and many other individuals and corporations. The TIFFG Board of Directors, staff and many generous individuals have also contributed to the campaign. The total amount raised to date is $147 million, three quarters of the total campaign of $196 million.
The Toronto International Film Festival Group is a charitable, not-for-profit, cultural organization whose mission is to transform the way people see the world. Its vision is to lead the world in creative and cultural discovery through the moving image.
Dan416
Senior Member
I've always wanted to go to the TIFF. Maybe this will be the year I finally go?
dt_toronto_geek
Superstar
So they are using AMC at TLS, they sure are using a lot of theatre venues this year