Architectural Oppo.

"The Crazy Kanuck; RIP Oppositelock" (jukesjukesjukes) 09/09/2019 at 13:00 • Filed to: None

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I had enough battery in my camera to get some of the venue (Ontario Place) on Torontos waterfront. Desgined in the 60s, open in the early 70s.

The Gov’t is planning on tearing it down next year to build a Casino.

OPPOsaurus WRX > The Crazy Kanuck; RIP Oppositelock 09/09/2019 at 13:24

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my highschool was in Architectural Record when it was built. the town could get money to renovate it but they could get more money if they tore it down and built a new school.... what do you think they did?

cafeteria :

main entry / auditorium:

band / chorus practice rooms

The Crazy Kanuck; RIP Oppositelock > OPPOsaurus WRX 09/09/2019 at 13:31

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It’s cheap to tear down (& build fresh) t hen it to renovate/update to modern building code. So my guess is it got tore down. 

punkgoose17 > The Crazy Kanuck; RIP Oppositelock 09/09/2019 at 13:33

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That looks really cool.

OPPOsaurus WRX > The Crazy Kanuck; RIP Oppositelock 09/09/2019 at 13:35

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the building was in near perfect condition. it didn’ t really NEED much work

The Crazy Kanuck; RIP Oppositelock > punkgoose17 09/09/2019 at 13:37

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It definitely was. Being closed since 2012(reo pen in 2017 as park, w/ a Imax theatre), it has 5 years of sitting in elements with minimal maintenance. It really shows. 

The Crazy Kanuck; RIP Oppositelock > OPPOsaurus WRX 09/09/2019 at 13:39

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Probably perfect according to old building code, but being a school the board has have it up moden code. 

facw > OPPOsaurus WRX 09/09/2019 at 13:52

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My high school got a minor renovation when I was there. They added a new library, but mostly striped off the cool looking black tinted floor to ceiling windows and replaced them with these smaller windows surrounded with these well insulated panels covered by extremely cheap looking plastic:

Still it was never an architectural treasure to begin with. My middle school (also architecturally insignificant) was completely torn down and rebuilt, which seemed like overkill to me, but I guess it’s more fun to build new spaces than to maintain existing ones.

shop-teacher > The Crazy Kanuck; RIP Oppositelock 09/09/2019 at 14:08

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“Probably perfect according to old building code, but being a school the board has have it up moden code.”

LOL!  No, it doesn’t.  You should see how narrow the stairs are in my school.  They’re not going anywhere anytime soon.  

imadick > OPPOsaurus WRX 09/09/2019 at 16:54

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That cafeteria has a sweet view of the smoking pit