Village Squire, 1978-05, Page 35UPDATE
ARCHITECT NAMED FOR STAGE ONE
The Stratford Festival's Stage One
development is at least getting down on
paper.
The proposed new complex was
announced last fall by Festival Artistic
Director Robin Phillips. 1t represents an
exciting new direction for the Festival since
it will house not only a third theatrical
space to replace the inadequate Third
Stage presently rented from the city, but
also a theatre school and eventually a film
and television studio.
The architect is Raymond Moriyama the
Toronto man who is responsible for such
striking structures as the Ontario Science
Centre. the Fine Arts Centre at York
University in Toronto and the Japanese -
Canadian Cultural Centre. Working for the
media he has designed the CKEY radio
studios in Toronto and the Global
Television studios.
Besides the three main functions of the
new building it will also have a new
wardrobe. studios for instruction in
movement and voice and a new flexible
space for helping young writers develop
their scripts.
The new facility will be located adjacent
to the Avon Theatre in downtown
Stratford.
UNIQUE SHOPPING CONVENIENCE
SUGGESTED FOR ST. MARYS
While the shopping centre on the
outskirts of town offering shopping out of
the weather. is a growing trend in Western
Ontario, a new look in downtown St. Marys
might bring some of the same convenience
to the downtown area.
The proposal is for canopies of glass or
acrylic to be built over the sidewalks of the
main street held up by a light steel frame.
The canopies would "put St. Marys on the
map" says Jack Diamond the Toronto
planner who was hired by the town last
year to review the existing official plan for
the town.
Mr. Diamond said the canopies would
change the character of the main street and
go along with the policy to encourage an
attractive and unified streetscape for the
town.
"This would make shopping a thing of
great excitment in St. Marys." he said.
"The metal frames could be removed in
the warmer weather so it could be used all
year round."
Although the downtown merchants
would have to foot the bill for the canopies,
Mr. Diamond said the cost would not be
huge.
Well there. other towns in the area, can
you top that?
MINI -MALL PROPOSED FOR
DOWNTOWN EXETER
Exeter. like St. Mary's has had a
proposal for a shopping centre on the
outskirts of the town but there's an
interesting downtown development there
too.
Exeter developer Len Veri recently
outlined plans for an 11,000 square foot
mall in the main street area. It would
include use of the former Chainway store
which has been gutted and will be
remodelled with two floors of shops and a
lot next door will have a new building
added. The top floor of the complex has
already been rented and Mr. Veri said he is
negotiating with several other businesses
for rentals. He said the new mall will be
aiming at bringing new types of shopping
to the town, not businesses that will
compete with those services already there.
He said some prospective businesses have
already been turned down because they
don't fit this policy.
The lower floor will be aimed mostly at
boutique style shops with 500-1000 square
feet. This kind of space is presently
unavailable in the town. The completion of
the renovation of the Chainway building
will be completed in early July with the
entire project finished by the middle of
August.
NEW CRAFT SHOW AT BLYTH
May 20 will see a combined antique and
craft show at Blyth at the Blyth and District
Community Centre.
The event is sponsored by the Blyth
Centre for the Arts and will be different
than other craft shows because of the
presence of antiques and because it will be
a juried show with only high quality
craftsmen invited.
Many of the craftsmen will be
demonstrating the making of their crafts
right at the show so you can see just how
the job is done. There is a wide variety of
crafts with very little overlap of craftsmen
producing the same product.
Heading up the event are Linda Lentz of
Belgrave and Rob Tetut. Seaforth-area
potter. More than 48 have entered the
event at present. The show will take place
from 10 am to 5 pm one day only.
Admission is only 50 cents.
NEW QUARTERS FOR EXETER GOLF
AND COUNTRY CLUB
There's a unique new look at the Exeter
Golf and Country Club these days.
Allan and Hazel Westcott who own the
club recently renovated one of the oldest
barns in the Exeter area to serve as the
new clubhouse. The barn was built in the
1870s and to its already historic past has
been added bits of history from other old
buildings.
The upper floor of the barn, for instance,
has hardwood flooring rescued from
Hyman's Tannery in London when it was
demolished. Some of the windows and light
fixtures come from the old Ontario Loan
and Debenture building in London. Tables
that are more than 100 years old and
leaded glass windows were also saved from
the Hyman tannery.
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VILLAGE SQUIRE/MAY 1978. PG. 33