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No World's Fair for Toronto? (pg. 2)
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| Abercrombie |
| quote: | Originally posted by Jayx1
toronto wants to be big league but whenever the opportunities present themselves we resort to our small town ways of thinking.
Its what will always set toronto apart from places like new york, paris, and tokyo on all levels. |
New city slogan...
Toronto... We have the tallest free-standing phallus in the world... and the smallest nuts. |
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| Jayx1 |
| quote: | Originally posted by MarkT
I'm fine with that...mix it up with residential though...and make it *very* transit accessible...NO giant parking lots! ;) |
but put that residential clause in there... so there is no more whining.
and make the parking either underground or put a parking structure in a good spot. |
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| MarkT |
sure...or just amend the noise bylaws for that specific area. whatever works.
sound insulation isn't exactly a grey area...I'm sure developers could factor in the extra noise when designing residences too. |
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| Jayx1 |
| quote: | Originally posted by MarkT
sure...or just amend the noise bylaws for that specific area. whatever works.
sound insulation isn't exactly a grey area...I'm sure developers could factor in the extra noise when designing residences too. |
agreed... but what im saying is that there should be a backup clause just so we dont have another island/spadina ave situation |
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| dEsidEL |
blah.. not suprised
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| Cro_Addict |
| all good ideas but all hypothetical :D |
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| Jayx1 |
too much bullcrap politically correct stuff like electronic totem poles and plaza of nations etc.
F that!
I just want a good pedestrian street with unique pubs, cafes and tourist attractions right on the waterfront. Is that too much to ask? |
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| JPinCanada |
I probably would have gone for a visit.
Probably... |
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| nacarter |
The World's Fair bid was dead when Vancouver won the 2010 Winter Olympics bid. It's a pretty simple fact that there simply wasn't enough money to fund both bids/projects. Hosting the Olympics is already a somewhat risky proposition with a pretty low return. The Salt Lake City Winter Games cost $3 billion to put on, and turned a profit of only $100 million. Sounds like a lot, but it represents only a 3.3% return on investment - I get more from a GIC.
I also question whether there is a great legacy left when the fair leaves town. Very few of the facilities built for Expo '86 in Vancouver are still in use save the convention center. Most installations built for past World's Fairs are sitting in an almost ruinous state in parks, offering nothing of value to the host city. |
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| infinity HiGH |
| quote: | Originally posted by Jayx1
I just want a good pedestrian street with unique pubs, cafes and tourist attractions right on the waterfront. Is that too much to ask? |
man i could actually picture something like that in my mind right now. it'd be so cool having a long strip of cafe's, restaurants, pubs and entertainment along the lake |
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| malek |
| quote: | Originally posted by nacarter
The Salt Lake City Winter Games cost $3 billion to put on, and turned a profit of only $100 million. Sounds like a lot, but it represents only a 3.3% return on investment - I get more from a GIC.
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wow since when organizing olympics to be a buisness endeavour supposed to have good ROI?!?
:rolleyes: |
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