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Design focus: At the heart of Ontario Place is the Cinesphere, an 800-seat cinema with an 80-foot-by-60-foot screen
Design focus: At the heart of Ontario Place is the Cinesphere, an 800-seat cinema with an 80-foot-by-60-foot screen

Design focus: At the heart of Ontario Place is the Cinesphere, an 800-seat cinema with an 80-foot-by-60-foot screen

Date5/2/1980
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Original Toronto Star caption: Design focus: At the heart of Ontario Place is the Cinesphere; an 800-seat cinema with an 80-foot-by-60-foot screen.
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Dimensions76Pages, 10 x 17 cm (3 15/16 x 6 11/16 in.)
Language
ProvenanceCourtesy: Toronto Star Photograph Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
Usage Rights Copyright (Learn More)
Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0112134F
Monument? Geodesic dome, like that of Ontario Place Cinesphere, probably will recall Buckminster Fuller's name and reputation to future generations
Monument? Geodesic dome, like that of Ontario Place Cinesphere, probably will recall Buckminster Fuller's name and reputation to future generations
11/23/1971
Spectacular fireworks display lights the sky above the glittering, ball-shaped Cinesphere to wind up the opening day festivities at Ontario Place Satu(...)
Spectacular fireworks display lights the sky above the glittering, ball-shaped Cinesphere to wind up the opening day festivities at Ontario Place Satu(...)
5/23/1971
Salute to Ontario place with upraised arms is given by 800 members of choral group from Toronto schools taking part in today's opening ceremonies of t(...)
Salute to Ontario place with upraised arms is given by 800 members of choral group from Toronto schools taking part in today's opening ceremonies of t(...)
5/21/1971
Newest toy at Ontario place, the 370-foot long, $400,000 water slide attracted mostly youngsters when it opened officially yesterday, and it was a rac(...)
Newest toy at Ontario place, the 370-foot long, $400,000 water slide attracted mostly youngsters when it opened officially yesterday, and it was a rac(...)
8/8/1978
Wheeling into the boat show, Kathleen Bustard is steering a course for a 40-foot X 402 which is being readied for the Toronto International Boat Show at Exhibition Place
Wheeling into the boat show, Kathleen Bustard is steering a course for a 40-foot X 402 which is being readied for the Toronto International Boat Show at Exhibition Place
1/4/1988
La Passerelle avec le Pavillon de la France (The Foot-bridge and the french Pavilion), Exposition Universelle et Internationale de Bruxelles 1958
La Passerelle avec le Pavillon de la France (The Foot-bridge and the french Pavilion), Exposition Universelle et Internationale de Bruxelles 1958
1958 circa
Nostalgia at Ontario place boat show, The nottingham Castle, one of the last Royal Navy patrol boats made from designs prepared in 1890, is a star att(...)
Nostalgia at Ontario place boat show, The nottingham Castle, one of the last Royal Navy patrol boats made from designs prepared in 1890, is a star att(...)
9/15/1976
Sprucing Up The CNE, Restoring the 12-foot-high winged figure atop Princes' Gate at the eastern end of Exhibition Park, Attilio Gandri works 85 feet a(...)
Sprucing Up The CNE, Restoring the 12-foot-high winged figure atop Princes' Gate at the eastern end of Exhibition Park, Attilio Gandri works 85 feet a(...)
7/15/1974
Big Foot makes his mark
Big Foot makes his mark
8/24/1986
Canada: A sheered-off pyramid with 65-foot-high textured mirrored walls, the Canadian Paviolion will reflect what's happening around it and turn patterns into a montage
Canada: A sheered-off pyramid with 65-foot-high textured mirrored walls, the Canadian Paviolion will reflect what's happening around it and turn patterns into a montage
3/19/1969
Canadian image at Expo 70. Ten-foot model of Canada's $3,000,000 pavilion at Expo 70 in Osaka, Japan, is on display at Royal York. With it are Jean Oc(...)
Canadian image at Expo 70. Ten-foot model of Canada's $3,000,000 pavilion at Expo 70 in Osaka, Japan, is on display at Royal York. With it are Jean Oc(...)
7/28/1969
Snakes alive!, John Bueglas is all wrapped up by his 10-foot boa Constrictor
Snakes alive!, John Bueglas is all wrapped up by his 10-foot boa Constrictor
3/18/1986