Ontario Place didn’t need a new business model (or three)
. It didn’t need a new purpose. Look at how the site is being used right now: the new Trillium Park on its east side, beautifully designed by Land Inc. and West 8, has proven wildly popular. I was there recently with my kids, climbing the rocks and skipping stones.
This is the kind of place that locals will visit weekly. Add some good live performances, a couple of good restaurants, and a world-class playground – maybe zip lines, too – and it becomes the kind of tourist destination that actually works for big, diverse Western cities in 2021. Then build some housing on the giant parking lots on the shoreline, which would pay for it all.
But that would take the politics of 1968, when even Conservatives understood the value of public amenities. Or some smart leaders who understand what actuallyFind out what’s new on Canadian stages from Globe theatre critic J. Kelly Nestruck in the weekly Nestruck on Theatre newsletter.
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