Centretown Cinemas: A Couple of Thoughts on Movies in Downtown Ottawa

[dewline]

From this morning's hardcopy edition of the Ottawa Citizen, by David Reevely:

http://www.ottawacitizen.com/news/Uncertainty+over+Lansdowne+cinema+engulfs+World+Exchange/8864752/story.html

A couple of reactions...

1. As I told Reevely on Facebook, having read the article, I'm surprised that the movie-screening rooms at Place de Ville are still intact after two decades, given that so much else of the underground mall there as originally built is now given over to governmental offices and meeting spaces.

2. I see that Diane Deans has reached a similar opinion to mine re: the downtown core and the expected influx of new residents adding to the need for cinema screening rooms. Could there be an impetus sufficient to rescue World Exchange, revive Rideau Centre *and* Place de Ville, and preserve Lansdowne, Mayfair and Bytowne?

Comments

[m-danson.livejournal.com]

Is the Bytowne in need of rescuing?

[dewline.livejournal.com]

It's a matter of POV. After seeing how things ended up with Mayfair Orléans, I have...an enhanced sense of its fragility. Which may not be entirely fair on my part, given how little I know of the facts of their books.

[resonant.livejournal.com]

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