Introduction Toronto is the biggest city in Canada and it is a city known for of culture, arts, entertainment, significant landmarks and many more. There are many parts of Toronto that make this city it is known in today’s day and age. Downtown Toronto is the heart of the city because of all the momentous areas, districts and notable landmarks are located in that area. The entertainment district in Toronto is a place where there are many things to do and it brings out what the city is all about. This district is best for all types of entertainment like dining, nightlife, sporting events, live entertainment and many more. This area is known well as a district because it is located in the downtown core of Toronto and it is an area full of a …show more content…
From north to south, this district is located between Queen Street West and the Gardiner Expressway. The location also includes Spadina Avenue to Bay street starting from south of Front street to the Gardiner Expressway (See Figure 1). This district is close to the financial district, Chinatown, fashion district, and the city place. Some of Canada’s biggest landmarks are in this district such as the CN Tower, Ripley’s Aquarium, TIFF Bell Light box and many more are in the entertainment district. This area in Toronto is known for a wide range of entertainment and the most entertainment in …show more content…
The CN Tower is the most famous landmark in the district because it is the tallest building in Canada and one of the tallest building in the world (See Figure 2). The landmarks in the entertainment district was created for not only for an area full of entertainment, but it was also made for another purpose for the city. “The previous decade of neighbourhood politics had made inner-city Toronto attractive for investment in entertainment and tourism”(Kidd, 2013). Different kinds of landmarks in the entertainment districts are located in different parts of the area and show a certain type entertainment within the area. For example, the Roger Centre, Air Canada Centre, and sports bars are in one area in the entertainment districts, which attracts a lot of sports fan to come visit. The TIFF lightbox shows entertainment in cinematography and films in the district. Landmarks in the entertainment district brings out the city’s culture and their enjoyment of their own
Out of the theatre district there are five different theatres. The Bank of America Theatre, originally titled the Majestic Theatre, first opened in 1906. It was Chicago’s first million-dollar-plus venue and the tallest building in the city at this time. It was doing well and was very successful, but then tragedy hit, and, due to the Great Depression, it was shut down for a total of fifteen years. It wasn’t reopened until 1945, after going through remodeling. In of April 2010, the Broadway Playhouse at the Water Tower ...
look into its planning policies in order to prevent spatial segregation in Toronto. However does not explain what planning instruments are needed to help diversify the socio-economic composition of Toronto’s inner city. The article also suggests that for a more socially progressive city, anti-gentrification policies should be incorporated and adopted into Toronto’s official plan policies but does not explains what can be included as anti-gentrification policy.
Chinatown is one of the largest of the big ethnic enclaves in Toronto. It started off small and it grew over the past decade. I am going to analyze how much Toronto’s Chinatown has changed based on demographic, social, cultural, and economic aspects.
Toronto is often recognised as a metropolis characterized by its ethnic diversity – As the largest city in Canada, one of the only countries in the world that identifies as a multicultural state in its constitution. Yet, although Canada exists with this as the basis of its formal and constitutional framework – it is without a strong sense of internal cohesion, authenticity or agency. The novel ‘What We All Long For’ by Dionne Brand addresses the more unexplored aspects of Urban life of first generation immigrant communities in the City of Toronto. She follows the life of Tuyen, a rebellious spirit in her twenties who has come to be disconcerted with the concept of longing in the city of Toronto. Tuyen expresses through the eyes of an artist – through her expression of an ancient Chinese symbol, the lubiao. In this essay I will analyse the concept of racialization and resistance in relation to Tuyen’s lubiao. Then I will set the historical background of the city of Toronto.
Tremblay, keeping in mind that the two regions – Canada and the United States , share some aspects of a common cultural heritage; reminds the readers there is certainly a separately identifiable Canadian culture. It is safe to say that cities like Toronto , which are no different than any metropolitan city in the United States , have been victims of cultural invasion. On the other hand cities mostly in Quebec like Montréal that are less Americanized in a relative sense are still struggling to defend themselves from the American influence which is spreading faster and faster in North America and around the globe. In his article, Tremblay highlights the issue of the
He is humble to his roots (TorontoSun 10) and praises Toronto in his music (TheBrockPress 2). His love for Toronto is visible in all of his albums that are inspired by the city. In his song, “You & the 6”, on his most recent album, he says “You and the 6 raised me right”, speaking about his mother and being raised in the city of Toronto. He sings about Toronto and uses the names of roads and other areas on his album “If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late” and some of his earlier albums. (TheBrockPress 7). In a song called “Worst Behaviour”, he mentions a street name in Scarborough called Morningside. Torontonians are usually hesitant to say anything good about their city (TheStar 3), but thanks to Drake and his persuasive words about the city, he is making it respectable to love Toronto (TheGlobeAndMail
Objective- To build on and realize the strengths of the downtown as the heart of the London community: an international centre for the arts, culture, tourism, education, and knowledge based industries, and a leading national business, finance, and government centre.
It's a small area called SOHO, similar to the street of New Orleans. I attended
Bars on virtually every corner, throngs of people and cops on city streets, fights, and public drunkenness making Toronto an embarrassment to visiting tourists. No, I'm not describing the Entertainment District on a Saturday night. It's actually a scene from the Junction. (Johnson, 2012)
This is one of the main streets of the area with immense foot traffic due
The Plaza serves as a place for consumerism and convenience, but also community. The outdoor space brings shopping to a singular location where individuals enjoy the outdoor beauty of the city while congregating with locals and tourists alike. You probably won’t find Kenner Plaza in tour guides like you would the famous French Quarter destinations. However, Kenner Plaza is indicative of the community and its commitment to
Ultimately, “the absence of the full menu of planned cultural and entertainment venues has led to only partial fulfillment” of L’Enfant Plaza’s role as a cultural magnet in Southwest D.C. Although L’Enfant Plaza is geographically close to the National Mall, its failure to become a cultural center symbolically isolates the area, while the Navy Department’s building physically cuts the Southwest neighborhood off from the rest of the
The approaches taken to the cinematography, such as not revealing the specific location, mirror the dark and mysterious theme. The lighting, set design, and camera angles provide a rich picture with crowded
Toronto is a futuristic city with state of the art technologies and latest innovation used in its daily administration, management and development. The city’s mass rapid transit system has become a model for similar projects for developing countries. The main arterial roads and highways are wide enough to allow smooth traffic flow and the Toronto Subway and Rapid Transit system efficiently bears the burden. Toronto also has an extensive network of public transport buses. Toronto Pearson International airport is one of the most important and busiest airports of North America. The city has one of the most advanced health care systems and is a major center for biotechnology and advance medicine research. Toronto is also an important educational hub of North America with top notch technological and research institutes, universities, colleges, cultural institutions are present here. The city is also famous for the CN Tower one of the tallest freestanding structure in the world and which is the most popular and iconic symbol of Toronto. The CN Tower is a communication tower which has again put Toronto as a hub of Communication in the World.
The aim of this research is to explore cinema audience's, festival goers' and workers in cinema views and experiences of film festivals, trying to understand what values they give to them and trying to figure out if they believe that in difficult times, such as the one we are living through, a film exhibition is still necessary.