Talk:College Park (Toronto)

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• The Carlu consists of the entire Seventh Floor, not just the auditorium. Skeezix1000 13:33, 26 October 2005 (UTC)
• Moved the new details about the Maclean-Hunter building to the part of the article that already discussed the Maclean-Hunter building. Deleted the reference to Macleans magazine, because it was but one small part of the Maclean-Hunter business at the time of the Rogers takeover, and the various locations of its office belong more appropriately in an article about Macleans or Maclean-Hunter, not one involving College Park. In fact, I am actually starting to think that the Maclean-Hunter building should be the subject of its own article (subject to what others think). Yes, it is connected to College Park, as many downtown buildings are, but it has long been separately owned and operated, and the details and background of the Maclean-Hunter building are very different and mostly unrelated to those of the historic College Park building. Skeezix1000 12:19, 28 October 2005 (UTC)
• For similar reasons, I don't belive that the condominium developments along Bay Street have much to do with College Park. The buildings won't be connected to College Park, and the condo lands are under separate ownership. They are currently being marketed as "The Residences of College Park", but that's just a marketing ploy to try to substantiate the dubious claim that the new condos are art deco design. The new buildings probably pertain more to the Bay Street article, given that they represent the ongoing transformation of Bay Street north of Dundas into a condo corridor. Skeezix1000 19:54, 30 October 2005 (UTC)
  • Bearcat actually added that sentence partially because of a discussion about the deletion of Residence of College Park from Wikipedia. Instead of removing the sentence, it may be worthwhile to discuss, in a neutral manner, the new condo developments and how they relate to College Park. I'm not too familiar with this, so I'll leave it for someone else. Mindmatrix 01:40, 31 October 2005 (UTC)
• Also very surprised to see the Maclean Hunter building described as "International Style". To be honest, it's not an obvious candidate in my mind to be described that way. The podium maybe -- overall, it's a stretch. I'm looking for sources for that claim, besides that one external link. If its correct, I learn something new everyday. Skeezix1000 12:22, 28 October 2005 (UTC)

I may be wrong, I suppose, but in my understanding "College Park" doesn't refer just to the building itself, but to the park behind it and to some of the neighbouring residential buildings as well. Granted that may just be real-estate-marketingspeak (the same kind by which my neighbourhood has recently been redubbed the "Garden District", which is absurd), but in my experience many of the residential buildings next to the College Park building are already referred to as part of College Park. Bearcat 20:25, 31 October 2005 (UTC)

• It's a good question. My initial reaction is that there is no connection, given that the condos are under separate ownership, not physically attached, and have little in common with College Park beyond marketing materials. But, having said that, if some people perceive them to be part of "College Park", then maybe that merits mention in the article? It might be a popular misconception (for example, the park behind College Park is actually called Barbara Ann Scott Park, I believe, but the few times I have heard anyone refer to it they do call it "College Park"), but I suppose there is something to be said for what the public believes "College Park" to be. Further, when I think about it, there is the historical connection in that all the lands were north of Hayter Street (now closed) were held by Eaton's for years until they were sold off in parcels. I'll add a para., and look forward to your comments/edits. Skeezix1000 13:00, 1 November 2005 (UTC)
  • No edits to be had. That paragraph is just about perfect. Nice job. Bearcat 08:39, 3 November 2005 (UTC)
  • The Residences of College Park buildings will be "physically attached" to College Park, in the sense that there will be indoor access to the shopping centre. Seems to me that it's reasonable to include some mention of them in this article, given that they are called "College Park" and someone might wonder about them, even if it's just to the extent of "new condominium buildings on the Bay Street side of the block are called Residences of College Park", although they are in substantive ways not related to the original building", etc

Hundreds of downtown buildings have below-grade connections. The fact remains that the condos are not related to the College Park complex, except through clever marketing efforts. Skeezix1000 17:18, 22 March 2006 (UTC)