TossYourJacket
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And there's not enough condos for his developer backers
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Exhibition Place
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kotsy
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rdaner
Senior Member
Great video! And this doesn’t feature a convention centre so a bit of a counter proposal?
kotsy
Senior Member
They've been working on this since before Ford made his convention centre announcement and were blindsided by his possible plans
milkycontent
Active Member
Big fan of this proposal. Especially the Food Building reorientation. I also like that this feels purposeful, incremental and attainable. A targeted improvement to enhance what's already there, leaving room for more improvements in the future.
generalcanada
Senior Member
ford convention center aside. This feels like it would require a big scaledown of area for the EX. same with the new hotel.
There will be a point where the ex doesnt make sense anymore right?
There will be a point where the ex doesnt make sense anymore right?
milkycontent
Active Member
All the PR around this announcement has been pretty insistent that these plans are designed to make sure the CNE can continue operating.
kotsy
Senior Member
They say there will be no decrease in CNE's footprint either, and that includes the new hotel & entertainment centre construction. Although, with most of the Better Living Centre demolished, The Farm will need to find a new home or be downsized considerably. Or maybe it will be set up in the park that replaces it using tents.
Towered
Superstar
They used to have the Farm in the Automotive Building...
kotsy
Senior Member
That could easily be done again since it's not used by the CNE currently.
Richard White
Senior Member
Not really.
It is a conference centre now. I used to work there back in the day and fondly remember how we accidentally set the building on fire during a G20 finance ministers meeting.
It is all carpet and divided into different rooms on both floors with service corridors. You cannot put livestock in there without ruining everything.
You could put it in the Enercare Centre, Horse Palace or Industrial Annex where the Royal is held every year.
just east of the creek
Senior Member
Wrong time of the year. You have the Royal as a celebration of Agriculture. If anything, you could work on more of a farming experience as a permanent exhibition in some of the accessible urban parks that were farms. I.e Brontë PP to the west and Rouge to the east. Or the Country Heritage Site in Milton.