Talk:Harbourfront Centre

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Latest comment: 5 years ago by Rdmoore6 in topic History

Requested move

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The following discussion is an archived discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

The result of the move request was: Page moved to Harbourfront Centre; this is the primary topic as explained by Takinson, and there have been no reasoned arguments against that. Ucucha 16:06, 29 May 2010 (UTC)Reply


Harbourfront Centre, TorontoHarbourfront Centre

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

Move discussions in progress

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Move discussion in progress

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There is a move discussion in progress on Talk:Harbourfront Centre which affects this page. Please participate on that page and not in this talk page section. Thank you. —RM bot 06:30, 7 May 2010 (UTC)Reply

Wireless Toronto Advertisement

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Is it necessary to have the Wireless Toronto Advertisement? If the location has Wi-Fi saying it has wifi should do. Harbourfront Centre can surely say who provides their wifi on their own homepage.Woods01 (talk) 07:32, 8 August 2010 (UTC)Reply

I don't think it needs to be mentioned at all. Removed. Canterbury Tail talk 11:32, 8 August 2010 (UTC)Reply

dubious date

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[dubiousdiscuss] Harbourfront was a 1972 election promise, but the corporation may not have been founded immediately that year. I have sources giving either 1976 or 1974 as founding years. I view 1976 as more reliable.

Here is another source (Department of Finance Canada) that states that the Harbourfront Corporation was established in 1978.

queen's quay terminal

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As I understand it, QQT was developed under Harbourfront Corporation, and not under Harbourfront Centre. I am questioning it's inclusion here. It's covered in the Harbourfront (neighbourhood) article.Feldercarb (talk) 01:22, 22 March 2016 (UTC)Reply

trivia section -- dubious

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We are not clearly distinguishing between Harbourfront and Harbourfront Centre.

  • First children's summer day camps at Harbourfront Centre was in 1978. -- can't be, because H.Cen was founded 1991
  • Cirque du Soleil performed at Harbourfront Centre in 1985 early in its infancy. -- can't be, because H.Cen was founded 1991
  • The first WOMAD festival in Canada was held at Harbourfront Centre in 1988.[2] -- can't be, because H.Cen was founded 1991

I can go on, but I think you see my drift

  • Governed by a 26-person community based volunteer Board of Directors. -- this isn't trivia, its important

Assisted by approximately 2,000 volunteers who generously contribute their efforts and time. -- this isn't trivia, its important Feldercarb (talk) 01:33, 22 March 2016 (UTC)Reply

History

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There could be a lot more material on history. I came to this page looking for history of name changes of the theatre in the former ice plant. It was known as the "du Maurier Theatre [Centre] for many years until name ran afoul of Federal cigarette advertising restrictions. I do remember the 1972 newspaper headlines which announced it.Rdmoore6 (talk) 11:37, 5 August 2018 (UTC)Reply

It is even worse for the venue which the February 2019 version of website page: https://www.harbourfrontcentre.com/venues/concertstage/ "Concert Stage" is probably the former Westjet Stage. I have found 1981 Globe&&Mail advertisement and review which talk about an opera performed at "Big Top" which I suspect is the same venue. My personal experience (a bad basis for Wikipedia revision) is that current "Fleck Dance Theatre" was originally "Premiere Dance Theatre"Rdmoore6 (talk) 00:36, 17 February 2019 (UTC)Reply