Cameron MacLeod

Keep pressure up #OntarioPlace4All it’s working!

The plans are starting to shrink but it’s still a fundamentally bad premise: a 95-year lease for private control of public waterfront, $600 million for an underwater parking garage, zero transit, and lake infill, for a private spa.

RT @cp24: Ontario Place spa developer releases updated designs following public criticism https://www.cp24.com/news/ontario-place-spa-developer-releases-updated-designs-following-public-criticism-1.6528809

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Ontario Place spa developer releases updated designs following public criticism

The developer set to construct a massive private spa and waterpark on the West Island of Ontario Place has released updated designs following public criticism of the company’s original plans.

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Aug 22, 2023 at 11:31amWeb
Show threadChris MacKAug 22, 2023
@c_9 @cp24 The new design looks amazing! More parkland than what is there now and a more organic design that was developed in conjunction with our first nations.
Show threadCameron MacLeodAug 22, 2023
@chrismackechnie It's better on a very superficial surface level. However it is still a 95-year lease for private control of public waterfront, $600 million for an underwater parking garage, zero transit, and lake infill, for a private spa.
Show threadChris MacKAug 22, 2023
@c_9 How long is the LiveEnt lease on the new concert arena? Why don't you care about that one?
Show threadCameron MacLeodAug 22, 2023
@chrismackechnie Why are you assuming I don’t? You’re ignoring my stated concerns, so this conversation is not a productive use of my time. Have a nice day.
Show threadTomthndshAug 22, 2023

@c_9 @cp24 I looked at the new design. It looks like hot garbage. So much wasted space! Like standing in a giant lobby, but nothing around. Why is everything so wide!

Also the new beach doesn't look like Canada, it looks like it was designed for the Mediterranean.

Nothing here looks chilled out, or relaxing. It's all just wide sidewalks.

#OntarioPlace #TOpoli

Show threadJust AllyAug 27, 2023
@c_9 @cp24 every time I see this article and it’s photo it reminds me of this….and not in a ‘ what a great future we have ‘ kind of way