jaborandi
Active Member
There is a movement afoot to rebuild the Shell Oil Tower at Exhibition Place.
http://pages.interlog.com/~urbanism/shelltower.html
http://pages.interlog.com/~urbanism/shelltower.html
The demolition of the Grandstand will lead to the demise of the rest of the vintage 1920, 1930, 1940, 1950, and 1960's buildings that have been part of the Canadian National Exhibition for so long.
There is a movement afoot to rebuild the Shell Oil Tower at Exhibition Place.
http://pages.interlog.com/~urbanism/shelltower.html
Hyperbole much? The demo of the tower was indeed to make room for the Molson Indy which has helped keep Exhibition Place relevant. I believe it is the second most attended event at Exhibition Place, second only to the CNE itself, and just as – if not more – effective at putting the grounds in the public eye and perception. The race will be sorely missed this year but welcomed back the next.
I can assure you that the current CNE BoD and Exhibition Place BoG recognize the value of our heritage and wouldn't think of demolishing the historical buildings on site. In fact, the direction we're headed in now is towards renovating these buildings and finding a year round use for them.
Rebuilding the Shell Oil Tower isn't in the works and this "movement" appears to be a single nostalgic person for whom the tower was an important memory.
I can value that but show me a significant number of people representative of this "movement" and then I'll be convinced that it's something worth looking at.
By the way, Mods, can you please move this to Architecture? This is obviously in the wrong section.
Knowing corporate interests though, Shell would want to rebuild it with their modern corporate logo which would defeat the whole purpose.
i think they would have to so that it would be accessible to everyone.if rebuilt, would they even bother putting in an elevator?