[interchange42]

Circuses.

This was Sunday, at about 2 PM. The big top is ¾ of the way up. Global, City-tv, and CBC are there along with us.

We head into the tent to see it raised the last ¼ of the way.

And it's up!

Here are the before and after pics from all the over at Park Lawn on the west side of this site:

Before

After

Before Zoomed

After Zoomed

The curtain goes up for previews on April 7, while opening night is April 19. Runs until sometime in June.

If you would like to see the full process of raising the tent, the two unedited files that the edited video above was made from are here:
part 1
part 2

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[UtakataNoAnnex]

Nah...I'll wait till they put up the 67 story one.

 

[paperguy]

Nah...I'll wait till they put up the 67 story one.

LOL

 

[georgevicbell]

That's a lot of housing that's been approved for a long time being paused for a summer for a circus...weird that the city would be cool with that given it's such a big amount of affordable housing in their queue...

 

[afransen]

I'm assuming this is not delaying development at all. They haven't even started selling anything yet, no?

 

[Deadpool X]

If I remember correctly, construction won't start before 2024.

 

[karledice]

If I remember correctly, construction won't start before 2024.

Based on the architect's website, yes

The project is intended to be delivered in six phases with the first phase anticipated for approval and construction start in 2024. Estimated completion for the new Lake Shore GO train station is 2026.

https://www.alliesandmorrison.com/projects/2150-lake-shore

 

[christiesplits]

Foreshadowing the traffic to come?

'It's been chaos': Cirque du Soleil causes traffic circus at Etobicoke location

'It's been chaos': Cirque du Soleil causes traffic circus at Etobicoke location

Cirque du Soleil has been back in Toronto for less than a week and already it is causing a traffic circus at its new Etobicoke location.

toronto.citynews.ca

 

[ProjectEnd]

Boy, wasn't it a great idea to refashion nearly all of North American society around a mobility device with some of the least efficient throughput possible? Incredible work, folks.

 

[Amare]

Aw it's so sad, because they havent seen absolutely nothing yet. This area is going to be a complete zoo once this whole development is complete, and unlike Cirque it wont be a temporary thing.

 

[Full Metal Junkie]

Thought I'd post a couple of shots of this site while the circus is in town.

Can't figure out what to call the first one. Eau du Cirqleil? Cirque du Eauleil?

 

[interchange42]

Thought I'd post a couple of shots of this site while the circus is in town.

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Can't figure out what to call the first one. Eau du Cirqleil? Cirque du Eauleil?

Well, it was tough to pick which one, but I call the second one Photo of the Day tomorrow!

Meanwhile, this was from last night (and we absolutely loved it!)…

As it will take quite a while for 2150 Lake Shore to redevelop, and this does not cover the Phase One area of this site, I imagine that this has been located and the grounds prepped so that Cirque may be able to return to this spot over the coming years… Now if only Phase One and therefore Park Lawn GO station would open sooner than later…

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[Northern Light]

Not to be too tangential here, but I know a family of 5 who attended last week; they enjoyed the show, but there was some muttering about the cost of the tix. The five tickets were $800

 

[interchange42]

Not to be too tangential here, but I know a family of 5 who attended last week; they enjoyed the show, but there was some muttering about the cost of the tix. The five tickets were $800

There are an enormous number of salaries to be paid here, so the tickets are not cheap, but you can certainly get them for less than that $800 for 5, and I think you could sit anywhere in the house and get a good view.

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[isaidso]

Well yes, Cirques, concerts, restaurants, and most sporting events have become out of reach to the masses. Do they want 2 hours at the circus or feed their kids Mr. Noodles for 3 weeks? Those that can afford it think it's reasonably priced, of course.