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71-618: The mall opened in 1986 and became York Region's fourth indoor shopping mall after Hillcrest Mall in Richmond Hill (completed 1974), Upper Canada Mall in Newmarket (completed 1974) and Markville Shopping Centre (completed 1982). The mall's first tenants included Sears Canada and Eaton's . In February 2016, the mall's owner Cadillac Fairview announced that it had put the Promenade up for sale. As of April 20, 2017, Promenade Shopping Centre

142-511: A 5 ha (12-acre) Parcel B (also known as the 'panhandle'), upon which sits the Elvis Stojko Arena and a park with a 200-metre-wide solar system art piece. The land upon which the arena was built was leased to the Town until the Town purchased the 'panhandle' lands in 2012. At the end of June 2008, the university completed the sale of both parcels of the property to Corsica Development Inc.,

213-484: A future public park. Corsica would be allowed to build 530 homes on the eastern portion of the site. Combined with the previous purchase by the Town of Richmond Hill of the Elvis Stojko Arena and surrounding land for $ 19.5 million, a total of 11 acres of the original 189-acre property is owned by the town. A further legal appeal by the Richmond Hill Naturalists to preserve the entire site from development

284-545: A planetarium on the site was also intended. The project is expected to cost $ 54 million over 15–20 years. In October 2017, the Town announced it would pursue a joint partnership with the RASC-TC and the DDOD to continue to provide educational and public outreach programming, ending the interim programming provided by the YRAA. The DDO main instrument was the second-largest telescope in

355-644: A public lecture on Comet 7P/Pons-Winnecke , which had recently been visible in Canada. One of the attendees was Hollinger Mines co-founder, lawyer David Dunlap (1863–1924), who became interested in astronomy as a result of the lecture, and expressed an interest in Chant's efforts to build a large observatory. Before making any financial commitment, however, Dunlap died in October 1924 at age 61 (also see 70207 Davidunlap ) . Chant approached his widow, Jessie Dunlap, in late 1926 with

426-581: A radio astronomy observatory on the observatory grounds in 1956. The DDO work led to the 1963 measurement of the absolute flux density of Cassiopeia A at 320 MHz, a radiometric standard. The DDO also built an 18-metre (59 ft) radio telescope in Algonquin Park in northern Ontario, co-locating it at the site of the larger Algonquin Radio Observatory . This instrument was actively used until 1991, when budget cuts led to it being abandoned. It

497-491: A separate building in the northeast corner of the mall's parking lot was completed; it was the site of the second Krispy Kreme franchise in Canada until 2005, and later Panera Bread , but the building is now vacant. In 2006, a farmers' market was established on the premises, operating from the mall's parking lot two days a week. Oxford Properties bought Hillcrest Mall from Cadillac Fairview in April 2011. In 2011, HBC sold

568-594: A small radio telescope . The scientific legacy of the David Dunlap Observatory continues in the Dunlap Institute for Astronomy & Astrophysics , a research institute at the University of Toronto established in 2008. The DDO is the site of a number of important scientific studies, including pioneering measurements of the distance to globular clusters , providing the first direct evidence that Cygnus X-1

639-534: A subsidiary of Metrus Development Inc. for $ 70 million, a lower price than expected. Observatory staff were laid off and faculty reassigned to the downtown St. George campus. The Town of Richmond Hill planned a hearing with the Conservation Review Board of Ontario to argue for protection of the western 48% of the property including the observatory buildings under the Ontario Heritage Act ; at

710-425: Is a 54,419-square-metre (585,758 sq ft) enclosed shopping centre located in the town of Richmond Hill, Ontario , Canada, on the northwest corner of Yonge Street and Carrville Road . It has 135 shops, services, and restaurants. Hillcrest Mall was built on a 19-hectare (46-acre) lot on the northwest corner of Yonge Street and Carrville Road. Architectural drawings were produced by Bregman and Hamann, and

781-574: Is administered by Metrus in conjunction with The Conservatory Group and Marel Contracting. At the same time, the RASC-TC were selected over the DDOD to manage and operate the observatory. The Conservation Review Board hearing to determine the extent of the Cultural Heritage Landscape designation to be afforded to the Dunlap site took place in Richmond Hill between 15 and 23 January 2009, and

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852-603: The 1964 New York World's Fair where it was seen by Stanley Kubrick and Arthur C. Clarke , who were starting work on the film that eventually became 2001: A Space Odyssey . Universe featured future DDO director Donald MacRae and was narrated by Stanley Jackson. Tom Bolton was hired as a postdoctoral fellow at the DDO in 1970. In 1971 he used data from the Uhuru X-ray observatory , and Naval Research Laboratory sounding rockets launched from White Sands Missile Range to find

923-567: The Canadian Northern Ontario Railway line ran along the western end of the site. It was on lot 42 on what was Alexander Marsh farm and orchard. When Chant took Dunlap to see the site for the first time, she stated "this is the place!" and authorized its purchase for C$ 28,000. Chant immediately started ordering a telescope, selecting a 74-inch (1.9 m) instrument from Grubb, Parsons and Company in England. This would make it

994-850: The James Clerk Maxwell Telescope , the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope , the Atacama Large Millimeter Array and the Gemini Observatory. None of these telescopes are located in Canada. After the UTSO was closed, in 1998 the Canadian Astronomical Society , a society of university astronomers, published a long range plan emphasizing the study of the origins of structure in the universe, a task well-suited to cutting-edge telescopes but ill-suited to

1065-560: The Syfy (formerly Sci-Fi Channel) series Warehouse 13 and the NBC television series Hannibal . In May 2013, after continued debate and appeals for mediation between the town of Richmond Hill and Metrus/Corsica, the Ontario Municipal Board handed down a decision to support official plan amendment 270, the mediated settlement that set aside 56 percent of the site's land to residents for

1136-533: The University of Toronto Southern Observatory (UTSO). It was at this location that University of Toronto telescope operator Ian Shelton discovered Supernova 1987A , the first supernova visible to the naked eye in more than 350 years. The UTSO was closed in 1997 to re-allocate funds to a share of the Gemini Observatory , and the 60-centimetre (24 in) telescope was moved to El Leoncito in Argentina, where

1207-643: The interior design by Robert Meiklejohn. The project was a joint venture of Cadillac Fairview and Greater York Group. Lighting at the mall was designed with input from the David Dunlap Observatory to mitigate light pollution . This included minimal signage, shielded lights in the parking lot, and a light-absorbing parking lot surface. It opened on August 8, 1974 with four anchor stores : Simpsons , Kmart , Sears , and Loblaws supermarket . It had over 100 stores occupying 50,000 m (540,000 sq ft) at its grand opening , during which

1278-485: The 1890s, Chant was concerned about how little the university did for astronomy, and in 1904 he proposed adding several undergraduate courses for fourth-year students, and six such courses were added to the 1905 calendar. With courses now officially on the books, Chant started looking for a proper telescope. Previously the university had hosted the Toronto Magnetic and Meteorological Observatory , which had been run by

1349-567: The 200-inch (5.1 m) mirror for Palomar Observatory . Chant and Mrs. Dunlap attended the pouring of the mirror at the factory in Corning, New York in June 1933. The mirror was annealed , then shipped to Grubb-Parsons in England for polishing . The telescope was completed in time for the finished mirror's return in May 1935. The official opening was on 31 May 1935, Chant's 70th birthday. The opening ceremony

1420-474: The Board recommendation was published on 4 June. The Board recommended preservation of the observatory buildings and up to 80% of the property as a cultural heritage landscape. On 29 September 2009, Richmond Hill Town Council voted unanimously in favour of the designating by-law. The Town proceeded with a number of public meetings and reports in late 2009 to craft guidelines for the conservation, planning and design of

1491-502: The DDO remained a major instrument into the 1960s, but in the end even the "remote" location Chant had selected was being encroached on by urban sprawl . Although some consideration was given to moving the telescope to a new site, in the end it was decided the funds would be better spent on a smaller instrument in a much better location. This led to the building of a 60-centimetre (24 in) instrument at Las Campanas in Chile in 1971, creating

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1562-480: The DDO was accepted by the National Historic Board as a National Historic Site of Canada . The DDO owes its existence almost entirely to the efforts Clarence Chant . Chant had not shown an early interest in astronomy, but while attending University College, University of Toronto , he became interested in mathematics and physics , eventually joining the university as a lecturer in physics in 1892. Over

1633-482: The DDO. The long-range plan suggested the future of observatories such as the DDO lay in public outreach programs and training. In 2005 Canadian universities joined a partnership to build the Thirty Meter Telescope , expected to cost more than $ 1 billion. In September 2007, the university stated it planned to sell the DDO property owing to light pollution . The university's governing council voted on

1704-769: The Friends of the David Dunlap Observatory Park, to function as the public stakeholder entity for site advocacy, public engagement and community outreach. In response, in December 2014 both the RASC-TC and the DDOD published editorial letters in the Richmond Hill Liberal, both claiming to be the "true" parties responsible for upkeep and operation of the Observatory. In April 2015, Corsica (having changed their name to DG Group) announced plans to transfer ownership of

1775-773: The LMT is a zenith telescope that only points up, using a liquid metal mirror. The Observatory is featured multiple times in the NBC television series Hannibal . The administration building resembles the Baltimore State Hospital for the Criminally Insane. The Observatory is also featured on the Netflix production of The Umbrella Academy . Additionally, it is featured in the Showtime show Lost Girl . It has been used multiple times for

1846-480: The Meteorological Office had given it to Hart House , but it was little used and was moved into the northern dome in 1951 to be used by undergraduates. In 1965, a similar 60-centimetre (24 in) Cassegrain was added to the central dome. From 1946 to 1951 the observatory director was Frank Scott Hogg , who was joined at the DDO by his wife Helen Sawyer Hogg . After her husband's death, Helen continued at

1917-456: The Meteorological Office of the Ministry of Marine and Fisheries . The observatory, built in 1840, had contained the high-quality 6-inch (150 mm) Cooke Refractor, but the Observatory was now surrounded by new university buildings, rendering it useless for astronomy. The Meteorological Office had already decided to abandon the site and turn the building over to the university, but they were taking

1988-471: The Promenade Terminal. In the summer of 2005, Promenade Terminal was temporarily closed so that renovations could be made. Bus stops were temporarily moved just beyond the station to North Promenade and Centre Street. Reconstruction of the terminal included newly cemented platforms, modern and lit bus shelters, new and brighter lighting, and the installation of a Viva OneRide ticket machine. The project

2059-478: The RASC Toronto Centre published the website www.theddo.ca, to make tickets available for public astronomy nights at the observatory starting on 18 July. Astronomy events at the observatory continued, such as Perseid meteor shower events that drew high attendance and media coverage. These new operations continued through 2016, combined with opportunities such as use of the observatory for location shoots of

2130-508: The RASC-TC declined to continue negotiations to lease the property for exclusive use and to continue to provide outreach programs at the heritage site. This led to the Town inviting proposals from 35 organizations to continue programming and maintenance of the site. Five applicants submitted proposals, including the York Region Astronomical Association (members of the RASC-TC who had been using, maintaining and programming

2201-507: The anchor store as The Bay . Zellers opened in the mall in 1988 in the former Sears location after Sears moved to the nearby Promenade Mall . HBC leased the retail space previously occupied by Zellers at the southern end of the mall after Zellers moved to the former Kmart location at the north end of the mall in 1998, and used it for Hudson Bay's Men's Store and Home while the main store renamed to "Fashion Store". The mall underwent extensive renovations in 2000. In late 2002, construction of

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2272-745: The city for the Isolation Hospital, but this was never constructed and it now lay empty. Chant convinced the city to become involved in the Royal Astronomical Observatory, but the outbreak of World War I put the project on hold, and in 1919 it was cancelled outright. Chant then turned to the local business community to fund the project. Similar collaborations had been very successful in the United States, but Chant found an entirely different reception in Canada and nothing seemed forthcoming. His fortunes changed in 1921 when Chant delivered

2343-417: The city of Richmond Hill, which provides a combination of heritage preservation, unique recreation opportunities and a celebration of the astronomical history of the site. Its primary instrument is a 74-inch (1.88 m) reflector telescope , at one time the second-largest telescope in the world, and still the largest in Canada. Several other telescopes are also located at the site, which formerly also included

2414-429: The first 10,000 Simpsons patrons received a rose, a symbolic gesture reflecting Richmond Hill's past status as the rose growing capital of Canada. Simpsons also used a rose in its local advertising. Hillcrest Mall also held a draw, the winner of which was given a two-week all expenses paid trip to Mexico . The central square featured four ficus trees imported from Florida under a vaulted ceiling. The market court

2485-469: The former Target space in November 2018 along with a major interior renovation. The mall's interior got a refresh with new floors, lighting, washrooms, ceilings, upgraded food court, and new entrances 1 & 6 which was completed by October 2018. Several large retailers used to be located at Hillcrest Mall: The York Regional Police Community Resource Centre was located in the mall, and has now relocated to

2556-527: The hearing, the Richmond Hill Naturalists argued for 100% designation of the property, all the buildings and their contents, and the Observatory Hill Homeowners Association argued for the protection of the heritage woodlots and arboretums. Corsica Development Inc. was also represented before the CRB. Preliminary hearings took place on 3 September and 15 October 2008. Corsica Development Inc.

2627-400: The idea of erecting an observatory as a monument to her husband. Mrs. Dunlap promised to "keep it in [her] heart for consideration, for it appeals to me tremendously". By this point the chosen site was within the rapidly-growing city's lit areas, and no longer suitable for astronomy. A site much further from the city was needed, to ensure it too would not be crowded out. The first site studied

2698-423: The issue during the week of 1 November 2007, and agreed to sell the site to the highest bidder. The 75 hectares (190 acres) of land in the midst of a very large subdivision area was expected to fetch $ 100 million, some of which the university planned to use to found a Dunlap Institute to continue astronomical research. For the purposes of the sale, the land was partitioned into a 71 ha (180-acre) Parcel A and

2769-568: The leases of most of its Zellers stores to Target Corporation ; the mall's Zellers closed in early 2013 with Target Canada taking over the anchor space and reopening in its place on November 13, 2013. In January 2015, Target announced the liquidation of all its Canadian stores and closed in mid 2015. The lease was acquired by landlord Oxford Properties. The space was redeveloped and jointly leased to discount retailers Marshalls and HomeSense , which opened in September 2018. In 2013, an application

2840-658: The mall's space. Bobby's Liquidation occupied the Sears location from 2019 to 2020. The mall owners have submitted an extensive redevelopment plan to the City of Vaughan, including a major renovation, the addition of several condominium towers, and a mixed-use office/hotel skyscraper using the existing parking lots. The site is currently in phase one of being re-developed by Liberty Developments. There will be three condo towers called Promenade Park Towers. The first two condos will be located at 1 Promenade Circle, Thornhill, consisting of 748 units in

2911-641: The next several years he worked as a schoolteacher and civil servant. During a later leave of absence he earned his PhD from Harvard University and did postdoctoral work in Germany. Chant joined the Astronomical and Physical Society of Toronto in December 1892; it was renamed the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada in 1902. Chant became president of the Society, serving between 1904 and 1907. Throughout

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2982-453: The observatory buildings to the RASC. Despite RASC-TC's status as a registered charitable corporation, some parties to the 2012 five-party OMB settlement argued that the donation placed the future of the observatory in doubt, because RASC was not a government agency. In March 2016, the dispute was resolved through transfer of ownership of the property to the town of Richmond Hill. On 20 July 2016,

3053-691: The observatory, surveying globular clusters to gauge their distance, publishing a major catalog of variable stars in clusters. Her weekly 'With the Stars' column in the Toronto Star was published from 1951 to 1981. In 1959 and 1966 staff astronomer Sidney van den Bergh composed a database of dwarf galaxies known as the David Dunlap Observatory Catalogue . In collaboration with the Department of Electrical Engineering , Donald MacRae established

3124-629: The opening of the McLennan Labs more and more of the department moved into the new facilities. The Administration Building at the DDO headquartered the Astronomy Department until the 1960s, although the weekly department meetings continued to be held there until 1978. The main library was shifted downtown in 1983. The Cooke Refractor, now almost unused, was later donated to the Canada Science and Technology Museum in 1984. The main reflector at

3195-545: The optical companion star to the X-ray source Cygnus X-1. Those X-ray telescopes had a certain degree of accuracy, but follow-up optical-wavelength studies of possible companions were required to eliminate a shortlist of many stars in the same area of sky. Bolton observed the star HDE 226868 independently of the work by Louise Webster and Paul Murdin , at the Royal Greenwich Observatory , who could not prove that star

3266-467: The property, which is leased to York Region for a nominal sum, with the responsibility for public transit now belonging to the Region. The Promenade Terminal has service connecting to Finch and Vaughan Metropolitan Centre subway stations. Unlike some other transit stations colocated with shopping malls, such as Scarborough Centre , there is no direct pedestrian access between the Promenade shopping mall and

3337-486: The property. Corsica Development Inc. undertook an archaeological survey of the property. On 15 April 2010, stemming from an incident on the property in November 2009, Corsica Development Inc. pleaded guilty in York Region court to 17 counts of cutting a tree without a permit and was issued a fine of $ 44,880. The company also planted 100 new trees on the property as part of the judgment. In January 2009, Corsica published

3408-555: The second-largest telescope in the world, second only to the 100-inch (2.5 m) instrument at Mount Wilson Observatory . It was, however, only slightly larger than the one that had recently gone into service for the Dominion Astrophysical Observatory in British Columbia, at 72 inches (1.8 m). The observatory building itself started construction, and the eighty-ton sixty-one-foot (18.6 m) copper dome

3479-402: The site), the RASC-TC, and the DDOD. In October 2016, the Town of Richmond Hill approved a master plan to turn 40 hectares (99 acres) of the Observatory lands into a "destination park", for astronomical outreach programs, while adding recreational amenities such as walking paths, 4 tennis courts, an amphitheatre and a low-light level "Star Path" self-illuminating pathway. A feasibility study for

3550-909: The south of the administration buildings, where he spent his remaining years. In May 1939, the train carrying King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother on their cross-Canada tour paused on the railway below the observatory, the largest telescope in the commonwealth. Grubb-Parsons built four more 1.88-metre telescopes with similarities to the instrument in Richmond Hill: for Radcliffe Observatory near Pretoria, Mount Stromlo Observatory in Australia, Helwan Observatory in Egypt, and an observatory in Okayama Prefecture in Japan. The South African instrument

3621-474: The southwest corner of Elgin Mills Road West and Yonge Street. The mall is accessible by York Region Transit (YRT), Viva and GO Transit . David Dunlap Observatory The David Dunlap Observatory ( DDO ) is an astronomical observatory site in Richmond Hill , Ontario, Canada. Established in 1935, it was owned and operated by the University of Toronto until 2008. It was then acquired by

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3692-435: The star 51 Pegasi in 1995. The three smaller domes at the top of the DDO administration building are used for smaller instruments. Soon after the observatory opened in 1935, a 50-centimetre (20 in) Cassegrain reflector telescope was installed in the southern dome. A large vacuum tank was constructed, then used to aluminize the 74-inch mirror in 1941. The 6-inch (150 mm) Cooke Refractor had been out of use since

3763-407: The telescope to their new location at 315 Bloor Street West. Even if the university had been able to secure time on the instrument, which was highly likely, it was at this time quite a small instrument in comparison to those being built around the world. The same problem of encroachment that had led to the observatory falling into disuse led Chant to conclude that there was no suitable location on

3834-530: The two 30 and 35 storeys tower. The mall is located at the intersection of Bathurst Street and Centre Street in the Thornhill district of Vaughan, south of Highway 407 and Highway 7. Promenade Terminal is a York Region Transit (YRT) (which includes Viva bus rapid transit services) terminal adjacent to the mall. It is in a fenced-off parking lot at 1 Promenade Circle, at the intersection of North Promenade and Centre Street. The City of Vaughan currently owns

3905-575: The university grounds for a new observatory, and he started looking for off-campus sites. While looking, he started getting quotes for a new instrument from Warner & Swasey in Cleveland , Ohio, who had provided the mount for the recently opened Dominion Observatory in Ottawa. In 1910 Chant finally found a suitable location, a 10-acre (4.0 ha) plot of land near what is today Bathurst Street and St. Clair Avenue . The land had originally been set aside by

3976-420: The university has a 25% share in observation time. While University operations continued at the DDO, international observers used about 50% of observing time there. By the mid-1990s, the observatory remained the largest single-mirror site in Canada, but it was considered small by modern standards. The cutting edge of Canadian university astronomy studies was involved in some of the world's largest observatories:

4047-422: The website observatoryhill.ca describing the property, stating, "[We] are in the process of looking for an astronomy club to occupy the observatory and welcome proposals for consideration." On 22 April 2009, Corsica and the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada announced an agreement allowing the RASC to provide public education and outreach programs at the observatory, and to operate the 1.88m telescope. On 14 June,

4118-467: The world when it began operation in 1935. Some of the largest telescopes in 1935 were: Later in the 1930s, an 82-inch telescope was completed at McDonald Observatory in Texas. By the end of the next decade Dunlap's was still the fourth largest, due to the opening of the Hale Telescope in 1948. However, the telescope has remained the largest telescope in Canada until 1992, when the somewhat unique UBC-Laval LMT 2.65 m (104 in) came online. However,

4189-420: Was Cygnus X-1's optical companion. The high dispersion of the 74-inch (1.9 m) telescope's spectrograph, combined with the 74-inch (1.9 m) aperture was adequate to prove the star was the source of the X-ray emissions and that its behaviour was inconsistent with a normal eclipsing star. With the rapid growth of university funding in the 1960s more offices were being built in the downtown campus, and with

4260-400: Was a black hole , and the discovery that Polaris was stabilizing and appeared to be "falling out" of the Cepheid variable category. Located on a hill, yet still relatively close to sea level at 730 feet (220 m) altitude, and now surrounded by urban settlement, its optical astronomy ability has been reduced as compared to other remote observatory sites around the world. On 31 July 2019,

4331-497: Was a food court with picnic seating and gaslight lamps . A 250-seat auditorium with stage and kitchen was also part of the design, and was made available for community activities. The auditorium was used for fashion shows . A five auditorium movie theatre operated by Cineplex Odeon Corporation opened in October 1980, with a total seating capacity of 519; this space is now a GoodLife Fitness . Hudson's Bay Company (HBC) acquired Simpsons in 1978, and by 1991 had rebranded

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4402-463: Was attended by notables including Sir Frank Dyson , former Astronomer Royal , and former Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King , who praised the Observatory as "a gift to science all over the world". Reynold K. Young was named the first director of the DDO. Chant retired the same day and moved into Observatory House, the original pre- Confederation farmhouse (built in 1864 for Alexander Marsh and known also as Elms Lea Alexander Marsh ) just to

4473-430: Was built by Grubb and Parsons in 1932 and arrived in 1933. The administration building, a few hundred feet from the main observatory, also started construction and designed by Mathers & Haldenby Architects. The 76-inch (1.9 m) mirror blank (the two outermost inches (5 cm) of the mirror are not used) was supplied by Corning Incorporated and cast in Pyrex from a batch of glass that Corning also used to produce

4544-452: Was completed over one month, with the station reopening in August 2005. More recently, a Viva multiRide machine has been added in the terminal to go along with the oneRide machine. Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) bus routes also connect to this terminal. The Viva Orange stop is located just north of the terminal, in the median of Centre Street (along the Highway 7 Rapidway ). Hillcrest Mall Hillcrest Mall , or Hillcrest ,

4615-399: Was disassembled and moved to Sutherland, Northern Cape in the 1970s because of light pollution. The original telescope mirror at Helwan was replaced by Zeiss in 1997, and the telescope at Mount Stromlo was destroyed by fire in 2003. A 1.93-metre Grubb-Parsons telescope at Haute-Provence Observatory with a higher-resolution spectrograph was used to discover an extrasolar planet orbiting

4686-405: Was later used by a private group as part of a SETI project, Project TARGET , and has reported moved to a site outside Shelburne, Ontario . In 1960 observatory operations formed the narrative framework of the National Film Board (NFB) short film Universe . The film was nominated for the 33rd Academy Awards in the category of best documentary, short subject in 1961. Universe was shown at

4757-406: Was launched in August 2013 and was ultimately unsuccessful. The group was eventually ordered to pay some of the developers' court costs in September 2015. In November 2014, the David Dunlap Observatory Defenders group chairperson and founder Karen Cilevitz resigned from her position after being elected to be local councillor for the region's Ward (Ward 5). The organization then formed a new group,

4828-429: Was made to Richmond Hill Town Council to exempt the mall from the Retail Business Holidays Act so that it may open on six public holidays: New Year's Day , Family Day , Good Friday , Victoria Day , Canada Day , Labour Day , and Thanksgiving . The holiday exemption application was accepted, and the mall now only closes on Easter Sunday and Christmas . On September 12, 2015, Hudson's Bay expanded anchor store

4899-550: Was officially reopened. The $ 125 million project expanded the store by 7,500 m (81,000 sq ft) of retail space to 11,000 m (120,000 sq ft) total, into which was its "Men's Store and Home" merging with the "Fashion Store" back to one location. The vacated anchor space was reconstructed for other tenants, which by the end of 2016 included Sporting Life , H&M , Aritzia , and Pandora. On October 24, 2017, Hillcrest announced that they would put Marshalls , HomeSense , Indigo , and Old Navy stores in

4970-412: Was outside Aurora, Ontario , but it was decided that it was too far from the university for casual travel. Another site near Hogg's Hollow was also studied, but was not easily accessible. The eventual site was selected while Chant was studying topographical maps with fellow astronomer Reynold K. Young , finding a suitable spot north of the city. The site was a short distance east of Yonge Street , and

5041-414: Was purchased by Promenade General Partner Inc., a business formed by the Serruya family and Liberty Development Corporation. Centrecorp Management Services Limited, leading property management and real estate services company, has been retained to manage Promenade Shopping Centre. In 2017, the mall had one of the last Sears Canada stores when the entire chain went bankrupt, with Sears accounting for 20% of

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