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No World's Fair for Toronto?
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| TO guy |
http://www.citynews.ca/news/news_4942.aspx
Neither the provincial nor the federal government would assume the debt for the proposed World's Fair, so Toronto had to get out of the bidding.
I think this is a good thing. World's Fairs were interesting/imoprtant a long time ago, but not anymore. No reason to burden all the taxpayers with this event.
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| rabbitjoker |
Good!
What an incredible waste of money and resources this would have been. |
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| Cro_Addict |
surprised the amount of politics talk in the forums...
its cool though...shows that "young" ppl are not oblivious to what is ghoing on around them |
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| Jayx1 |
| quote: | Originally posted by TO guy
http://www.citynews.ca/news/news_4942.aspx
Neither the provincial nor the federal government would assume the debt for the proposed World's Fair, so Toronto had to get out of the bidding.
I think this is a good thing. World's Fairs were interesting/imoprtant a long time ago, but not anymore. No reason to burden all the taxpayers with this event.
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waterfront wont be developed for another 20 years i bet..
unless its just more cookie cutter condos...
Thats probably what will end up there. |
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| infinity HiGH |
| Toronto: The Cookie-Cutter City of Canada |
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| drgoodvibe |
| quote: | Originally posted by infinity HiGH
Toronto: The Cookie-Cutter City of Canada |
Yep.. though.. there are small pockets of originality if you look hard.. |
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| malek |
| too bad, usually a world fair leaves a great deal of infrastructures and legacy to a city and I'm not even talking about putting the city on the map (Toronto is known but its still a plus) and give it a different cachet. |
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| MarkT |
| quote: | Originally posted by TO guy
http://www.citynews.ca/news/news_4942.aspx
Neither the provincial nor the federal government would assume the debt for the proposed World's Fair, so Toronto had to get out of the bidding.
I think this is a good thing. World's Fairs were interesting/imoprtant a long time ago, but not anymore. No reason to burden all the taxpayers with this event.
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when the projected deficits were up to 2 billion (and we know they'd likely end up being higher)...then I'm happy to see us not be in the running.
as for the waterfront...hopefully it's a mix of recreation, commercial and residential. Build a LOT of condos and homes, IMHO...because Toronto's lagging far behind other major cities in terms of the value of it's waterfront property. Build it, sell units for a fortune and enjoy the tax windfall. I'm sure some ass will argue for "affordable waterfront housing" though...yet complain about how high are our taxes.
While I have no desire to live by the water...our properties there are an absolute bargain compared to other cities. Just wait until it's built up. |
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| Jayx1 |
| quote: | Originally posted by MarkT
when the projected deficits were up to 2 billion (and we know they'd likely end up being higher)...then I'm happy to see us not be in the running.
as for the waterfront...hopefully it's a mix of recreation, commercial and residential. Build a LOT of condos and homes, IMHO...because Toronto's lagging far behind other major cities in terms of the value of it's waterfront property. Build it, sell units for a fortune and enjoy the tax windfall. I'm sure some ass will argue for "affordable waterfront housing" though...yet complain about how high are our taxes.
While I have no desire to live by the water...our properties there are an absolute bargain compared to other cities. Just wait until it's built up. |
that! make it an entertainment playground for the masses. Not some elitest snobfest. Put waterfront cafes, pubs and maybe even a few clubs. Put in an aquarium, a centrepiece park and maybe even a pedestrain only waterfront street with shops and stuff
and any residences that do get built there should have a clause in the agreement saying that they accept that its a busy tourist area and that they accept that there will be constant noise and activity |
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| Abercrombie |
That's too bad. I really wanted this to happen here in the big smoke. No Olympics, No world's Fair...
We're not f'in Montreal for crissake, we can make it happen! |
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| Jayx1 |
| quote: | Originally posted by Abercrombie
That's too bad. I really wanted this to happen here in the big smoke. No Olympics, No world's Fair...
We're not f'in Montreal for crissake, we can make it happen! |
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. |
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| MarkT |
| quote: | Originally posted by Jayx1
that! make it an entertainment playground for the masses. Not some elitest snobfest. Put waterfront cafes, pubs and maybe even a few clubs. Put in an aquarium, a centrepiece park and maybe even a pedestrain only waterfront street with shops and stuff
and any residences that do get built there should have a clause in the agreement saying that they accept that its a busy tourist area and that they accept that there will be constant noise and activity |
I'm fine with that...mix it up with residential though...and make it *very* transit accessible...NO giant parking lots! ;) |
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