tiffer24
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I wouldn't be surprised that, after the municipal election, the Ontario government makes a play to take over the grounds of Exhibition Place, under the guise of helping the city save a few bucks.
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UtakataNoAnnex
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From my anecdotal memory of it back in '79 (and at a risk of exposing my age again) the only charm it had was if you're a steampunk enthusiasts and not much else...
...not sure what it's like today though.
W. K. Lis
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"Exhibition Place" used to be named "Exhibition Park". However, it is no longer a "park" and more a "parking lot" (& underground garage) and is now an all-year "place".
APTA-2048
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I remember the fountains working, then they sat dry for a number of years, and then they were demolished. Such a shame.
adma
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One thing of note re Ontario Science Centre: Martin Regg Cohn had a pro-OSC-move column in today's Star, where the most tell-tale passage referred to the OSC's "aptly-named Brutalist style". Don't be surprised if the pro-move/pro-demolition cohort seeks to opportunistically milk the "people hate Brutalism" trope for all it's worth: "it's old, it's dated, it's beyond repair, and oh, it's a carbuncle as well" (and such Brutal-bashing certainly seems like the cup of tea for the kinds of right-wing think-tank operatives that'd have Ford's ear).
www.thestar.com
Martin Regg Cohn: Moving the Science Centre is the right move from our wrong-headed premier
Doug Ford finally got the memo about what to do with Ontario Place, but his critics still won’t take yes for an answer, Martin Regg Cohn writes.
www.thestar.com
generalcanada
Senior Member
Martin Regg Cohn: Moving the Science Centre is the right move from our wrong-headed premier
Doug Ford finally got the memo about what to do with Ontario Place, but his critics still won’t take yes for an answer, Martin Regg Cohn writes.
www.thestar.com
based, its what ive been saying all along, Riverside, Osgoode hall, Don Valley, Its the same thing every single time
toronto647
Active Member
They will need to extend Ontario Line north on Don Mills to Seneca College before any western extension.... this is highly unlikely that Ford announces a west extension before funding is committed for the OL north one, sheppard extension funded, eglrt east, airport extension for egwlrt. etc...
T3G
Senior Member
Can we get an eye roll emoticon on this forum?Martin Regg Cohn: Moving the Science Centre is the right move from our wrong-headed premier
Doug Ford finally got the memo about what to do with Ontario Place, but his critics still won’t take yes for an answer, Martin Regg Cohn writes.
based, its what ive been saying all along, Riverside, Osgoode hall, Don Valley, Its the same thing every single time
I've already challenged you on this once before. When was anyone consulted on the fate of Osgoode Hall? When was anyone consulted on Ontario Place or the Ontario Science Centre? Show me the receipts.
toronto647
Active Member
Can you explain why it became townhomes there? I assume u mean Ferrand Drive? also east on your pricture is the ICICI Building parking lot.. I assume that will be getting developed soon too?
toronto647
Active Member
Can someone link me to the Don mills and eglinton science centre redevelopment forum? I can't seem to find the link
Northern Light
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There is no thread for that yet. Which is why you can't find it! LOL
This time its not UT's search engine.
There is a thread for the north parking lot which carries the same address as the OSC, 770 Don Mills Road:
https://urbantoronto.ca/forum/threa...s-153-7m-48s-createto-montgomery-sisam.28421/
There is also a thread on the state of the current building, here:
Ontario Science Centre
Wondering if anyone on this forum has any insight into how long it might be before the pedestrian bridge that joins the top of the Science Centre to the all the main halls will be back open again. Currently (for the last year) they've have shuttle busses ferrying everyone up and down. I...
Right now, we don't have any known plan for the site, a proponent (other than the Ontario gov't in a general way); or much of anything to sink our teeth into. Speculation and opinions on what should or should not happen have thus far appeared in this thread.
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adma
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TJ O'Pootertoot
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One thing of note re Ontario Science Centre: Martin Regg Cohn had a pro-OSC-move column in today's Star, where the most tell-tale passage referred to the OSC's "aptly-named Brutalist style". Don't be surprised if the pro-move/pro-demolition cohort seeks to opportunistically milk the "people hate Brutalism" trope for all it's worth: "it's old, it's dated, it's beyond repair, and oh, it's a carbuncle as well" (and such Brutal-bashing certainly seems like the cup of tea for the kinds of right-wing think-tank operatives that'd have Ford's ear).
Martin Regg Cohn: Moving the Science Centre is the right move from our wrong-headed premier
Doug Ford finally got the memo about what to do with Ontario Place, but his critics still won’t take yes for an answer, Martin Regg Cohn writes.
Yeah, it's the negative associations with Brutalism and assuming that it's optimal to cluster tourist destinations ine one area that are driving these "arguments." There's a lot of mistakes/dumb stuff in that article, IMHO. But, yeah - a simple thing to consider is, assuming both are in disrepair, how would people react if they announced they were destroying Ontario Place and moving its facilities to the Science CEntre.
Yeah, I get this does not work perfectly but I think people would be way more upset about those pretty white buildings on the water getting demolished to be moved uptown than this concrete building uptown being demolished to be moved to the waterfront.
christiesplits
Senior Member
adma
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Actually, it's less a matter of OSC *itself* inspiring architectural bad will in and of itself (which is a crock--though yes, the bottom building's basically a warehouse and the top building was monkeyed with in the 90s), as much as the champions of the move are implicitly or explicitly and opportunistically using hack anti-Brutalist sentiment in order to grease their anti-OSC argument. "Hey, folks: this is the same style as the Hudson's Bay Centre and all those other downtown bunkers you despise!"
Besides, if Ontario Place--the pods and sphere, I mean--were demolished, there really *aren't* presently any "facilities" to speak of that require moving uptown. And if there were, it'd probably involve effacing a good deal of the remaining original architectural integrity of OSC. So you'd be effed either way