sam1025
New Member
This might be a bit off topic, but does anyone know if TIFF will be moving all the screenings here?.... If so, I think it might have a bit of impact on the area in terms of what stores and restaurants are built on King W!
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King West to be the next Yorkville? TIFF to make it go upscale?
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dt_toronto_geek
Superstar
They can't possibly run the whole film festival out of here, there are only five small and mid-sized cinemas here. They'll continue to use other venues such as the Elgin Wintergarden, Roy Thompson, Ryerson, AMC, Scotiabank, Isabel Bader, Varsity etc.
barrytron3030
Active Member
dt is correct. the festival will continue to be spread out across downtown venues. when TIFF group says that the lightbox will be the new home of TIFF, they mean that it will serve as a year-round headquarters and provided offices for their employees. there will be TIFF related activities and workshops when the actual festival is not on.
simuls
Senior Member
Except that almost all the theatres around Bloor WILL be transferring down to the LightBox (No Varsity, Isabel Bader, etc.). In my view, once Ritz/Shangri-La/Trump/550 Wellington are complete, Yorkville will completely lose any connection to TIFF.
urbandreamer
recession proof
^Yorkville will appeal to film people over the age of 60.
King Street will become the posh zone. Queen West for the artsy paupers.
King Street will become the posh zone. Queen West for the artsy paupers.
lordmandeep
Banned
Yorkville still has all the really posh and upscale stuff though.
sam1025
New Member
Well the way King St is being built up, I'm sure many of those "posh" stores will open up near or around Tiff lightbox/King st W.
alklay
Senior Member
Don't hold your breath.
dt_toronto_geek
Superstar
Is this based on fact or conjecture?
Losing all those screens and seats at Cumberland, Varsity and Isabel Bader will have to be made up by taking up more screens at prime locations like AMC & Scotiabank cinemas which the big boys at the exhibition companies are not so crazy about. Further, AMC is limited to afternoon & evening screenings only due to Ryerson using the complex in the mornings.
barrytron3030
Active Member
even if yorkville loses all of its screenings, it will still play a prominent role in TIFF festivities. it has so many hotels that stars have already come accustomed too. the restaurant scene there is also unparalleled in toronto concerning richness. king will defintiely become a hotbed, but yorkville has a lasting reputation...especially for pampered stars.
Nebakenezer
Active Member
Yorkville is dead, hail King the new King.
ProjectEnd
Superstar
So true. Who would want a charming, human-scaled environment with individual shopfronts on multiple planes, all the result of many years of urban layering when you could have bland, corporatized, insta-architecture with dry cleaners and convenience stores in the base?
CITY_LOVER
Active Member
Exactly! Who would still want to go to check out the dozens of nice shops and restaurants and cafes of Yorkville when we have all the new developments happening along King West....nothing epitomizes the new King West like "The Score"...you're so right, Nebakenezer!
caltrane74
Senior Member
So a Ritz Carlton, Trump Hotel, and Shangri La... plus the Film festival will not be enough to lure designer brands to king street? Give me a break.
King Street was already on the "up and up" before all these hotels even began construction.. lots of young rich media types are already making it home.. for business and pleasure.. the addition of uber-rich outtatowners will just take it further upmarket from here. Might be a little to much to resist for the Ultrabrand-European retailers to resist...
Ramako
Moderator
I'm not sure that it's necessarily the case that one neighbourhood can only benefit at the expense of another similarly situated neighbourhood. King West will certainly become an even livelier place with increased dining and retail, but that in no way spells the end of Yorkville. A city of Toronto's stature should be able to accommodate multiple areas of this type.