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Young Centre for the Performing Arts Doors Open Toronto

Young Centre for the Performing Arts

Built in 1888 for industrial use by Gooderham and Worts, the Young Centre for the Performing Arts was adapted and reopened in 2006 as a performing arts facility with much of the original architecture still intact. The Young Centre was envisioned by George Brown College and Soulpepper Theatre Company as a home for Toronto's arts community and theatre lovers.

  • Adaptive reuse
  • Full wheelchair access
  • Guided tours available
  • Washrooms
  • Photography allowed

Contact info

50 Tank House Lane
Toronto, Ontario
https://www.youngcentre.ca

Architecture

Year built: 1888
Building type: Commercial Theatre

Dates/hours open

May 23, 10:00am - May 24, 05:00pm

Youngplace Doors Open Toronto

Youngplace

Youngplace is a community cultural hub in the West Queen West area whose spaces include artists’ studios, a public lounge, café and free public art galleries. Meet some of the tenants in their studios, participate in a material exchange, take a tour of the building and its creative spaces and see how this former schoolhouse has been restored and rejuvenated.

  • Adaptive reuse
  • Food vendors
  • Full wheelchair access
  • Guided tours available
  • Self-guided tours available
  • Washrooms
  • Photography allowed
  • Rental opportunities

Contact info

180 Shaw Street
Toronto, Ontario
https://youngplace.ca

Architecture

Year built: renovated in 2013
Building type: Commercial Schoolhouse Gallery

Dates/hours open

May 23, 10:00am - May 24, 05:00pm

YourTV Cornwall Doors Open Cornwall and SDG Counties

YourTV Cornwall

Take a behind-the-scenes look at this local television station! From concept to credits, learn how some favourite made-in-Cornwall shows are made, and receive a guided tour of the studio. Sit on the sets that are onscreen each week, try out an interview or even operate a camera. Learn about the important role that community television plays in Cornwall and area.

  • Adaptive reuse
  • French services available
  • Guided tours available
  • Kid-friendly
  • Parking
  • Partial wheelchair access
  • Washrooms
  • Photography allowed

Contact info

517 Pitt Street
Cornwall, Ontario
Email: gabriel.riviere-reid@cogeco.com
https://www.yourtv.tv/cornwall

Architecture

Building type: Commercial Studio

Dates/hours open

Aug 15, 10:00am - Aug 15, 04:00pm

YZD Experience Centre Doors Open Toronto

YZD Experience Centre

The Experience Centre provides an immersive experience that invites the public to explore the vision for YZD — a historical $30-billion transformation of the former Downsview Airport lands. The centre also provides visitors with an overview of this generational city-building opportunity, which includes seven new neighbourhoods. It looks to welcome more than 55,000 residents and create employment for 23,000 people.

  • Adaptive reuse
  • Full wheelchair access
  • Guided tours available
  • Parking
  • Washrooms
  • Photography allowed

Contact info

34 Hanover Road
Toronto, Ontario
https://www.yzd.ca

Architecture

Building type: Commercial

Dates/hours open

May 23, 10:00am - May 24, 05:00pm

ZooShare Biogas Plant Doors Open Toronto

ZooShare Biogas Plant

One of Toronto’s only renewable-energy sites open for public tours, the ZooShare Biogas Plant generates enough renewable energy to power 250 homes and businesses. Each year, they use 15,000 tonnes of inedible food waste and 2,000 tonnes of manure from the Toronto Zoo to create biogas, which is converted into electricity. Learn how biogas contributes to a more sustainable future.

  • Guided tours available
  • Parking
  • Photography allowed

Contact info

1749A Meadowvale Road
Toronto, Ontario
https://zooshare.ca

Architecture

Year built: 2021
Building type: Green building Factory

Dates/hours open

May 23, 10:00am - May 24, 05:00pm