Toronto RioCan Hall | 145.2m | 42s | RioCan | Hariri Pontarini

[kotsy]

I remember spending New Years 2005-2006 in that space when it was Republik

@kotsy

Great club! I saw MixMaster Mike there after a Beastie Boys concert

 

[AlbertC]

People have no money for anything except necessities like rent/mortgage and food now so it makes sense

Groceries and Tims coffee is all I need in these current times!

 

[3Dementia]

The invention of the term 'movie theatre' is cringey and pretentious though. 'Theatre' refers to live performance (South Pacific, Phantom of the Opera), not film. The term 'movie theatre'' was a marketing ploy by that industry to make cinema seem more high end. It's like calling your car a 'road yacht'. The term 'movie theatre' has become ubiquitous but it's a misnomer.

The term is 'cinema' deriving from the French word 'cinématographe' to mean 'moving picture'. Over time, cinema came to also mean the process of film making and the place in which they are shown. It's why the Oscars call it cinema.

So there was never any 'theatre' in cinema to begin with.

Hmmm... that's a pretty long (somewhat informed) ... yet ultimately incorrect argument/lecture about the only appropriate use of the word theatre imho.

As Dionysus well knows, the word theatre is derived from the Greek word theatron which at its root means “a place of watching or seeing.”

Films are usually watched by the patrons so I got nutin' against folks saying they were at a movie theatre last Tuesday night.

 

[AHK]

This one is definitely deferred for a bit.......

A new anchor tenant has signed on............. one that will surprise some.

* Crossposted from the Downtown Grocery thread *

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One of the smallest build NF in a generation, will face the Richmond Street side.

July 11 - Tenant improvement construction for the No Frills store is now underway - while not visible from the Richmond Street sidewalk the work is at times clearly audible. Permits have been posted, and the construction debris bin stationed in the loading dock area, by the rear access to the No Frills space.

Idle speculation - longer term we may see a revised submission by RioCan for the ultimate redevelopment of the site, with an increase in height for the buildings, with a two stage development process. First, on the east side, including a replacement grocery store space, followed by redevelopment of the west side of the property.