Ontario Science Centre to close immediately due to risk of roof collapse
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Re: Ontario Science Centre to close immediately due to risk of roof collapse
#2> claim the roof of the science centre is at risk of collapsing.. the same year that he is proposing to move the science centre to Ontario Place.. "to support a private foreign spa company".. allows public infrastructure to fall apart in order to advance private interests.. "Closing a world-class science and cultural institution is heartbreaking".. "The [province] could have invested in revitalizing the Science Centre, but instead it's using our public money to concoct a sham business case against this important community hub"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ontario_Science_Centre
When it first opened [in 1969], the Science Centre was a pioneer for its hands-on approach to science, along with San Francisco's Exploratorium and the Michigan Science Center in Detroit. Unlike a traditional museum, where exhibits are for viewing only, the majority of the exhibits at the Science Centre were interactive, while many others were live demonstrations (e.g. metalworking). The Communications room contained a number of computerized displays, including a very popular tic-tac-toe game, run on a PDP-11 minicomputer. By 1974, it hosted about 250,000 students on field trips annually.
The Ontario Science Centre Science School (OSCSS) offers grade 12 University Preparation courses in STEM subjects.. [and] an interdisciplinary studies credit in science communication.. the program.. is available at no cost to students from anywhere in Ontario. While at the Science Centre, students earn practicum hours through volunteering and interacting with visitors..
Ontario Science Centre was used by David Cronenberg as a location for his 1970 film Crimes of the Future.
Re: Ontario Science Centre to close immediately due to risk of roof collapse
#3Gates are being put up while there are still kids inside [0].
Re: Ontario Science Centre to close immediately due to risk of roof collapse
#4> claim the roof of the science centre is at risk of collapsing.. the same year that he is proposing to move the science centre to Ontario Place.. "to support a private foreign spa company".. allows public infrastructure to fall apart in order to advance private interests.. "Closing a world-class science and cultural institution is heartbreaking".. "The [province] could have invested in revitalizing the Science Centr…
Was one of those 250,000 kids. The only real vivid memory I have left of that unfortunately was seeing a Tour de France documentary in the IMAX screen they have. That was really incredible.
Haven't really followed the story closely, but quite sad to see it getting (forcefully?) shutdown like this.
Re: Ontario Science Centre to close immediately due to risk of roof collapse
#5It's been well over 30 years since I've been there but I always enjoyed going there in the summer, along with the ROM and Planetarium. I'm actually pretty sad to hear this.
Re: Ontario Science Centre to close immediately due to risk of roof collapse
#6I know nothing about architecture/construction, but how much of these timelines and costs are due to the massively inefficient construction costs in Anglophone countries?
Like, does it really take double digit millions and >2 years to fix some roof panels, when we can repair bridges in a fraction of that time? How much of this is going to be permitting, excess proceduralism and "environmental assessment" crap and how much of it is our current technological limitations?
Re: Ontario Science Centre to close immediately due to risk of roof collapse
#7Weird - this is the first place I saw the "internet" on display as a kid. Shame to see it close in such an unceremonious way.
Re: Ontario Science Centre to close immediately due to risk of roof collapse
#8> claim the roof of the science centre is at risk of collapsing.. the same year that he is proposing to move the science centre to Ontario Place.. "to support a private foreign spa company".. allows public infrastructure to fall apart in order to advance private interests.. "Closing a world-class science and cultural institution is heartbreaking".. "The [province] could have invested in revitalizing the Science Centr…
I was part of OSCSS. I come from rural Ontario and this was the first time I was really exposed to other people with the hacker ethos. Tried to bootstrap a company with a friend met at the school but two 18 year olds trying to partner with enterprises went as well as you would expect. Did not know YC was a thing until a couple of years later.
Re: Ontario Science Centre to close immediately due to risk of roof collapse
#9While science is important and someone has to do it, I don't think it is as intellectually rewarding as hobby/indie computer programming.
Maybe trying to get students interested in science instead of computer programming is problematic for this reason?
Re: Ontario Science Centre to close immediately due to risk of roof collapse
#10While science is important and someone has to do it, I don't think it is as intellectually rewarding as hobby/indie computer programming. Maybe trying to get students interested in science instead of computer programming is problematic for this reason?
Learning about science is more rewarding to me as an amateur than hobby/indie computer programming. There are others like me, though perhaps a minority on this site. I'm sad to see this go. One of my favorite experiences as a child was visiting the Boston Science Museum.