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 ipedia.com: Exhibition Place Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
Exhibition Place is probably as old as the Ex, which dates back to the 1880's.
The late 1990's however saw a new building being built on the "Ex." The National Trade Centre at Exhibition Place hosts large trade shows and an adjoining facility called Ricoh Coliseum was re-modelled in 2004 from the old, worn down coliseum to host the Toronto Roadrunners of the AHL.
There is a GO Transit stop called Exhibition that is at the grounds and a streetcar loop that connects the Ex with the Toronto subway system's Bathurst and Union Station stops.
www.ipedia.com /exhibition_place.html   (464 words)

  
 Ontario Place - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
Ontario Place is an agency of the Government of the Canadian province of Ontario, an entertainment attraction, located approximately 4 km west of downtown Toronto on the shore of Lake Ontario, just south of Exhibition Place.
Ontario Place was conceived to attract tourists to Toronto and in part to appease the City of Toronto which was frustrated at the high level of government investment that flowed to rival city Montreal for both Expo 67 and the 1976 Summer Olympics.
It is adjacent to the south of Exhibition Place where connections to TTC and GO Transit services are provided.
www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/Ontario_Place   (771 words)

  
 Exhibition Place - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Exhibition Place is probably as old as the the Canadian Nation Exhibition which is held yearly on the grounds, dating back to the 1880s.
In its place was built the fourth Exhibition Stadium, a massive concrete construction and monumental cantilevered steel roof was a sharp contrast to the other buildings around it.
In their place a modernist-style parabolic arch was erected 50ft south of the previous gates in 1956, designed Philip R. Brock.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Exhibition_Place   (4509 words)

  
 In the Galleries
The exhibition Fashioning Celebrity: Photographs of George Platt Lynes features a selection of photographs donated by Dora Harrison, Lynes's assistant from 1936 to 1944, the period in which Lynes was considered to be the most significant photographer of celebrity and style in America.
Place: Photographs of Environment and Community highlights American photographers who have explored in their work over the past twenty years the notion of place.
Finally, the Center is very pleased to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the end of World War II in Europe with an exhibition of photographs recently donated to the Center that document Russia's involvement in the War, from Hitler's invasion of the Soviet Union to the fall of Berlin.
www.hrc.utexas.edu /news/newsletters/2005/spring/16.html   (593 words)

  
 City of Toronto, Exhibition Place
Exhibition Place is a unique site situated along the shores of Lake Ontario immediately west of downtown Toronto.
Consisting of approximately 192 acres of parkland with many historical buildings that are owned by the City of Toronto and managed by a board of governors, Exhibition Place is venue to more than 100 special events and trade and consumer shows annually.
With the addition of Direct Energy Centre, a state of the art exhibition facility that offers more than one million square feet of contiguous display space that can accommodate as a many as ten different exhibitions simultaneously, Exhibition Place has matured from a day-stay attraction to a year-round multi-day destination.
www.toronto.ca /exhibitionplace   (137 words)

  
 Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library: Exhibitions
The exhibition, which will be on view at the Beinecke Library from January 28 through the end of March, was organized by Patricia C. Willis, curator of the Yale Collection of American Literature, with the assistance of Yale College seniors Micaela Blei and Michael Kavanagh.
The earliest utopian experiment represented in the exhibition is the New Haven theocratic community founded by John Davenport in 1638.
Exhibition organizer Micaela Blei traces the progress of the American utopian dream: "In a sense, utopian and dystopian literature has evolved along with the national imagination," says Blei.
www.library.yale.edu /beinecke/blutopia.htm   (974 words)

  
 In Response to Place - Frequently Asked Questions
In Response to Place is a group exhibition of new work that reveals the vital and diverse interrelations of human beings and the natural world through the eyes of a dozen distinguished contemporary photographers.
The photographs of In Response to Place depict a world markedly different from both classical wilderness photography and the more skeptical style of the "man-altered landscape," suggesting that the beauty of nature and the reality of human presence are not antithetical.
In his ongoing role as curator, he organized the exhibition "In Response to Place." He continues to write and teach when he is not sea kayaking or cycling.
www.nature.org /aboutus/inresponse/faqs   (348 words)

  
 Exhibition Place Experiments with Energy [Carmanah.com]
Preliminary work is already under way for a third leg of Exhibition Place's energy plan -- a trigeneration system that will burn natural gas to produce electricity along with heating in the winter or cooling in the summer for the vast National Trade Centre at the eastern end of the downtown site.
Dianne Young, general manager and CEO of Exhibition Place, said a study will be conducted this year to determine what types of viable energy solutions are available for future installations.
Exhibition Place is trying to replace the power it draws from the grid with alternative energy sources.
www.carmanah.com /content/investors/ShowMediaClipping.aspx?id=060123   (811 words)

  
 Story Place - Indigenous Art of Cape York and the Rainforest
This major survey exhibition of historical and contemporary indigenous art from Queensland’s Cape York Peninsula was held at the Queensland Art Gallery from 25 July to 9 November 2003.
Knowledge of ‘story places’places of spiritual or cultural significance – is passed from generation to generation in Indigenous culture.
This exhibition was the realisation of more than two years’ research and collaboration between the Queensland Art Gallery and the Indigenous people of Cape York.
www.visualarts.qld.gov.au /storyplace   (316 words)

  
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www.exhibitionbooths.com /exter/exhibition_place   (1417 words)

  
 Toronto's Exhibition Place to Install Largest Solar System in Canada
Exhibition Place, located just west of downtown Toronto along the shores of Lake Ontario, holds large-scale world-class events, including the Canadian National Exhibition, the Molson INDY, the Caribana Parade, the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair, and World Youth Dayon on its 192 acres of parkland.
Richard Morris, manager of the energy efficiency office at Exhibition Place, told the "Toronto Star" that if all goes well, Exhibition Place will expand the solar PV system to one megawatt or more in 2007.
Exhibition Place's goal is to become energy self-sufficient by 2010, and ultimately to become a net exporter of clean electricity.
www.ens-newswire.com /ens/jan2006/2006-01-05-01.asp   (731 words)

  
 Exhibition Place : Lakeshore Blvd - Toronto Cultural Venue
For most Torontonians the end of summer is officially signified at Exhibition Place.
Exhibition Place is also the home of some landmark buildings: the Automotive Building (1929), the Horticultural Building (1907), the Better Living Centre, the new National Trade Centre, and Exhibition Stadium.
To experience Exhibition Place for yourself, catch the 511 Bathurst streetcar (at the Bathurst subway station) or the 29 Dufferin bus.
www.travelgrande.com /toronto-travel-guide/exhibition-place-info.htm   (295 words)

  
 Exhibition Halls - Facilities
Situated in the heart of downtown Montreal, Place Bonaventure's exhibition halls are the perfect location for public or trade shows.
Place Bonaventure gives you access to the world's largest underground city, which is linked to more than 3000 hotel rooms, boutiques, restaurants and attractions.
Place Bonaventure would be delighted to contribute to the success of your future event!
www.placebonaventure.com /English/exhibition_1.htm   (227 words)

  
 Pixel Place - Splash Page
The Exhibition Museum Quality Archival Printmaking Process is designed to give artists and photographers the opportunity to collaborate with a master printmaker so that their works are created to their standards and satisfaction.
At the Pixel Place, we work with our artists to ensure that they get prints that they are proud of offering to their clients and proud to have on exhibition.
Giclée Exhibition Museum Quality Archvial Printmaking is the perfect choice for the creation of a small number of prints in a limited edition both from a cost and quality perspective.
www.pixelplace.ca /exhibition.html   (1144 words)

  
 College of Fine Arts: News
Austin - The University Co-op is pleased to announce the opening of Gallery 3, a new student-run exhibition space sponsored by the Co-op, in association with the Department of Art & Art History at the University of Texas at Austin.
The inaugural exhibition, No Place Like Home, opened September 8 with a reception from 5 to 7 p.m.; the exhibition will be on view through October 1.
This premiere exhibition space will give students in particular a place to explore the transition from studio to gallery in advance of degree exhibitions, and provide a space for curatorial experimentation.
www.finearts.utexas.edu /news/news_items/gallery_3.cfm   (518 words)

  
 Place Bonaventure Exhibition Hall Montreal, Quebec, Canada - Place Bonaventure Exhibition Hall Group Booking ...
The Place Bonaventure Exhibition Hall is the perfect place to hold a corporate event such as; team building, sales meetings, board of director meetings, or just corporate hospitality.
Weddings at the Place Bonaventure Exhibition Hall with their facilities, guest rooms and experienced wedding and group management staff, are magnificent.
A Place Bonaventure Exhibition Hall wedding reception is a party where guests come to celebrate the marriage of the bride and groom.
meetingforce.com /place-bonaventure-exhibition-hall-hotel-121h053.html   (753 words)

  
 Place Bonaventure - Exhibition Halls - Services
Our safety and fire protection department analyzes and approves the exhibition floor plans in compliance with the national fire-prevention code, City of Montreal fire department standards and N.F.P.A., B.N.C. and F.P.N.C. norms.
A truck ramp provides quick access to an interior loading dock equipped with dock levellers and capable of handling up to 17 semi-trailers (click here to view loading dock access plan).
Three (3) free parking passes and one dock pass are included for the lenght of the exhibition.
www.placebonaventure.com /English/exhibition_4.htm   (185 words)

  
 Exhibition Place
Exhibition Place is best known as the site of Canadian National Exhibition (CNE).
The "Ex" is still the world's largest annual exhibition, but it is only one of the many shows and exhibitions held during the course of the year at Exhibition Place.
Exhibition Place 000100248 -79.4178 43.6326 Lakeshore Blvd. (416) 263-3600 Toronto ON
www.toronto.com /attractions/listing/000-100-248   (348 words)

  
 Francis Place
Sten Didrik Bellander (born in 1921) was one of the Swedish...
The exhibition is opening at three venues in Brooklyn and Manhattan, and is being co-sponsored by Pr...
This exhibit is part of an ongoing project begun in Denmark in the summer of 2000, with the exhibit...
wwar.com /masters/p/place-francis-news.html   (11526 words)

  
 Alfred Stieglitz - The Intimate Gallery - An American Place
Marcel Duchamp was instrumental in the organization of the exhibition, and the catalogue includes a note on Picabia by Meraud Michael Guinness.
The show was held in conjunction with an Einstein exhibit, which is blurbed on one of the panels.
The first item is the detailed catalogue of this magnificent exhibition of over three hundred items representing Stieglitz's career from Photo-Secession until his death, as well as the works of his associates.
www.reeseco.com /currents/amplace.htm   (2969 words)

  
 National Gallery of Art - The Cubist Paintings of Diego Rivera: Memory, Politics, Place
Emphasizing Rivera's distinctive approach to synthetic cubism, this exhibition will present approximately 20 works from 1913 to 1915, when the artist was in France and Spain.
These extraordinary compositions of vivid colors and tactile surfaces demonstrate the artist's engagement with themes of identity and place during a time of profound social and political upheaval in both Europe and Mexico.
The show explores the evocative links developed between objects, people, and places, often including specifically Mexican motifs or references to the cities Rivera inhabited at the time (Paris, Madrid, Mallorca, and Toledo).
www.nga.gov /exhibitions/riverainfo.htm   (240 words)

  
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 Bard College Press Releases - Full Story
Their investigations into place call into question the relationship between our natural environment and its commercial use, and both point to the cyclical relationship between the two.
The human presence within both the natural world and one’s conception of place is literalized in Katy Grannan’s Sugar Camp Road series, as she places her subjects into the physicality of the landscape to reveal their psychological disconnection from it.
Penelope Umbrico’s Door Openings (From Catalogs) places the viewer’s body within her work, situating it in front of her images of vistas seen through doors in mail-order catalogues that are blown up to actual size; the viewer is positioned inside, looking out through the image, which seems familiar and alien at once.
inside.bard.edu /tools/pr/fstory.php?id=823   (837 words)

  
 globeandmail.com: Campaign Bubble
The high school appears to have an awful lot of dignity, though; the debate takes place in a permanent auditorium suited for actual theatrics, not one of those halls designed to convert into a cafeteria at lunchtime.
A recurring theme for the first stroll was the spectre of the Spadina Expressway, whose construction might’ve been halted 35 years ago, yet remained an aspiration for some bureaucratic factions through the late-‘80s.
Sewell was also back Thursday in the dank basement of George Brown House, along with five other candidates, announcing their collective idea for a financial plan for Toronto based on overhauling the property tax system.
www.theglobeandmail.com /blogs/campaignbubble   (4629 words)

  
 Canadian National Exhibition - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Canadian National Exhibition (CNE) is an annual event held at Exhibition Place in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
The CNE was not held between 1942 and 1946, when the land and its facilities were turned over to the Department of National Defence as a training ground.
Since 1997 there has been talk about merging the administration and staffing of Exhibition Place and the adjacent Ontario Place as a cost-cutting and efficiency measure, as both currently operate with three boards and four separate sets of staff [2].
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Canadian_National_Exhibition   (686 words)

  
 Toronto's Exhibition Place to Install Largest Solar System in Canada [Carmanah.com]
TORONTO, Ontario, Canada, January 5, 2006 (ENS) - The City of Toronto is poised to install the largest solar power system in Canada on the roof of the Horse Palace at Exhibition Place.
Toronto's Exhibition Place will be the site of the largest solar power system in Canada this spring.
The Board of Governors of Exhibition Place says it is "committed to advancing the environmental agenda to make Exhibition Place a showcase" within the City of Toronto to promote sustainable development and emergent green technologies in partnership with the private sector and climate change agencies.
www.carmanah.com /content/investors/ShowMediaClipping.aspx?id=060106-4   (707 words)

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