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| Exhibition Place - Horse Palace: Green Roof |  |
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| 15 Nova Scotia Avenue, Toronto, ON M6K 3C3 |
| Telephone: 416-263-3658 |
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| District: South (former City of Toronto and East York) |
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| Architect and year: |
| J.J. Woolnough, 1931 |
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| Open: |
Saturday: 10 am to 4 pm
Last admittance to building: 3:30 pm |
Sunday: 10 am to 4 pm
Last admittance to building: 3:30 pm |
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| Since its construction in 1931, the Horse Palace has remained one of the finest Art Deco Buildings in the City of Toronto and possibly in the province or nation. Current residents include the Mounted Unit of the Toronto Police, the South Division of Toronto Animal Services and the Exhibition Riding Academy. In the summer of 2004, Exhibition Place constructed a Green Roof on the historic Horse Palace. This 2,500 square foot "meadow" is a pilot project. The intent is to replicate this initiative on other Exhibition Place roofs. Another pilot project undertaken in 2006 resulted in the construction of a 100 kilowatt Pilot Solar Photovoltaic Power Generation Plant on the roof of the Horse Palace. A larger 1.5 - 2 million kilowatt generation system for the grounds is being considered. |
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| Event information: |
| Tours of the Horse Palace's Green Roof, a 2,500 square foot "meadow" and the photovoltaic power generation plant will be offered. Staff from the Operations Division of Exhibition Place will be on hand to explain the science behind these intiatives. *Please note the following restrictions: no children under 13 permitted unless a baby in arms, a waiver must be signed prior to taking the tour, tours are limited to groups of ten. |
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| Other information: |
| Access to the roof of the Horse Palace is via three flights of stairs. It is not accessible to those in wheelchairs. Please note the following restrictions: no children under 13 permitted unless a baby in arms, a waiver must be signed prior to taking the tour, tours are limited to groups of ten. |
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| Photography permitted: | Filming permitted: |
| Interior | Yes tripod: No | Interior | Yes tripod: No |
| Exterior | Yes tripod: No | Exterior | Yes tripod: No |
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| Getting there: Click here for map. |
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| TTC (nearest station) Bathurst Station or Union Station Bus/streetcar: Bathurst Street streecar 511 or Union Station streetcar 509 or Dufferin St bus 29D |
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| Visit their web site: http://www.explace.on.ca, http://www.explace.ca |
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