Talk:Canadian National Exhibition

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THIS ARTICLE IS ABOUT THE CNE - the summer EXHIBITION - for information about the grounds - go to Exhibition Place. The CNE is a fair the runs on the grounds of Exhibition Place. Therefore information about the buildings/site history/stadiums etc - should be on Exhibition Place not this page.

This article deserves something more than 2 "paragraphs"! --Madchester 22:24, 2005 Mar 18 (UTC)

Have just added what I hope will be a framework for future development. Captmondo 16:38, 30 August 2005 (UTC)

Up until now I have concentrated on the permanent buildings on the CNE grounds, which will give a very skewed sense of what the CNE is itself largely about. Here's what I have in mind for future expansion of the topic:

- Intro paragraph (basically, a "what it is" statement) - History:

- Beginnings 
- The 1920s & 1930s
- WWII (Training Camp)
- Modernist Era
- Dismantalling the Future (1980s and 1990s) (Header may be too POV, but in essence is about the scaling back/re-focus of the CNE operations and the taking down of many of its landmark structures)
- Present Day (ought to include summary of attendance figures, listing of current semi-permanent attractions, etc)

- Events:

- Warrior's Parade 
- Air Show (likely a Cold War perspective)
- reference to other such events of more recent years, such as the First Nations Festival, Green Day (not the band ;-) etc.

- Buildings

- (basically as outlined in the listing already provided on the article itself)

Some questions that come to mind:

- should the building references just be short summaries and be re-situated as full articles on their own page?
- where's the balance between using this page as a focus as opposed to Exhibition Place?

I also have in mind coming up with at least one line-drawing showing the locations of buildings on the grounds, and contrast it to a similar map of what the grounds looked like 30 years ago, in order to give a sense of how it has developed/changed over time.

I would welcome any thoughts on the subject by more experienced Wikipedians... Captmondo 02:25, 18 September 2005 (UTC)

I really have nothing particularly bright or insightful to say; this overall looks pretty good to me apart from a couple of minor stylistic corrections. Bearcat 23:14, 21 September 2005 (UTC)

-- I moved all the CNE buildings to Exhibition Place - for Exhibition Place is the actual site where these building are located. The CNE is only one of many events that take place on the grounds each year. This page should only focus on the fair and it's history (which is quite extensive). Themepark February 2, 2005.

And next....I understand (THe Archetourist) the new Soccer stadium means that the Sports Hall of Fame (and original Hockey Hall of Fame) building is going to be razed this year....pity. Bacl-presby 17:11, 2 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] "Hogtown"

This article includes a claim that the nickname "Hogtown" has something to do with the CNE. This is opposed by other articles here on the wiki, and it's the first time I've heard of it. Can someone provide a ref, or should I just remove the claim? Maury 21:55, 5 September 2006 (UTC)

--- It should be deleted - I believe hogtown comes from the time and age when Toronto was the hub of pig slaughtering factories along the rail corridor. It used to be a booming business in T.O. Themepark