06-16-2016, 08:12 AM
(06-15-2016, 10:44 PM)MacBerry Wrote:(06-14-2016, 09:51 PM)KevinL Wrote: I sincerely hope the structure goes mainly unmodified, and that those glorious high ceilings get put to good use.
My best hope ...
TheMuseum will buy this property as a an additional start to eventually owing all the King Street frontage ... or perhaps ScotiaBank will donate TheMuseum the site and building ... great tax deduction on a building probably carried on their books at $300K since the 1970s.
At one time, the Museum had thoughts of expanding into what is now Vidyard's 8 Queen N. The issue, of course was money. The Museum is fund-raising at the moment for a new children's "maker space" in the basement of the building. It will open this fall. I don't know about the BNS building, but it would be interesting to think about whether the Conrad Centre could be incorporated into themuseum, if the KWS were to move its rehearsal space back to CITS. The constant issue for themuseum, however, is funding. They do amazing things with the resources they have, but they are under constant financial pressure.