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Announcing: Seven Wonders of the CBC!

Hot on the heels of the Seven Wonders of Canada special (feature? experiment?) — and never one to pass up ripping off a perfectly good idea and bastardizing it for my personal gain — I’m pleased to announce that nominations are now open for the Seven Wonders of the CBC!

No, really. Seriously. Please stop laughing like that.

If you’ve got an interesting piece of art, room, stack of garbage, odd hallway, or other wonder in your CBC building, nominate it by posting in the comments. Some ideas off the top of my head:

Toronto: The Corridor of Social Akwardness
Vancouver: The tiny (and mostly useless) smoking awning
La Ronge, Sask. bureau: The “bureau” is the announcer’s bedroom
Lame “canoe” equivalent: The Microphone
Toronto: 3rd floor smoking room (”Gzowski’s room”)
Winnipeg: The south-east corner of the basement cafeteria

A jury panel of fellow CBCers will be announced shortly. They will carefully review the nominations and then make up their own damned mind.

Nominate your own CBC wonder now!

This contest is for entertainment purposes only. Please, no wagering.

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35 Responses to “Announcing: Seven Wonders of the CBC!”

Dave says:

The 10th Floor Artist’s Lounge at CBC Toronto. Rare panoramic view of the Toronto’s lakefront. Condos block the lake from every other vantage point in the city (except from the lake-view side those same vista-blocking-condos). The Artist’s Lounge is a great place for staff functions, quiet meetings and most importantly sneaky afternoon naps.

Anne Onimos says:

Why not a “Seven Wonders of Seven Wonders” program to round out the whole thing. My suggestions:

- They’re wonders.
- There’s seven of them.

And so on. Submissions, anyone?

Megan says:

CBC Inuvik: The emergency exit, with its rare view of the Western Arctic’s utilidors (above-ground sewage lines).

Cathy Hunt says:

FYI: The smoking awning is one of two smoking locations for CBC staff in Vancouver. The other smoking area is located just outside Edible Planet — no groovy awning, but a couple of nice picnic benches.

Anon. says:

The happy spin the Vancouver people always try to put on the misery of the building construction!

Lau says:

Edmonton: The hydraulic elevator that takes four minutes to cover just one floor to the next.

Toronto: The mail robots!!!

Paul says:

CBC Toronto: The Mailmobile!

This mail delivery robot, the size of a bisected golf cart, cruises around the maze-like halls of the Death Star like a hamster in a Habitrail, beeping happily as it runs down pedestrians and wedges itself into corners. And I’m sure it is maintained by a crew from ILM that cost the equivalent of 100 mailroom grunts!

It’s an ode to unnecessary technological excess on par with the Flowbee, or cars that say “Door is ajar.”

My favourite thing about working at the TBC is watching the look of bewilderment when a guest sees this thing for the first time. (Best comment was from my four year old: “Daddy, is that a real robot, or someone in a robot costume?”)

Ted says:

Hey Tod,

How about Kim Wilson’s office - she’s the creative head of kids and has more fun stuff than the average Toys R Us. People keep stopping outside her office, thinking that they can buy CBC toys there.

Jenna says:

Cape Breton: The museum of downsizing. There’s an entire basement that’s never used. It houses old TV studios, a storeroom full of cassette tapes (both music and show archives), and one of the hugest vinyl collections I’ve ever seen … especially for a station that doesn’t have a record player anymore!

Judy says:

CBC Halifax - that’s our building in your pics - the first one - the Radio Building on Sackville St. in Halifax. Budget’s no longer there, though…

Marita says:

CBC North: Yellowknife, where you get locked out of the building when the power goes out (and this is a regular event in Yk). Who has the keys?

John says:

The old quiet room in Vancouver, complete with it’s forest mural.

Joe Bean says:

The pool room and bunk beds (in case of a big snowfall, technician could stay in the office) in the basement in Montreal

Joe Bean says:

The antenna farm of Radio Canada international in Sackville : http://hawkins.pair.com/rci1.shtml

Aigle in Sunblock says:

The London (UK) Studio of CBC Morning. Last photo I saw of it it looked like an old kitchen chair in front of a Window, el-chepo Camera on a tripod and a leftover Curtain…so very un-CBC (or perhaps they lost their Design Dept. before we did. (there’s a photo in the intranet archives I’ll try to hunt down.

Come to think about it…how about Valma Glen? (and anybody else rumored to be able to perform the “miracle of the bread and the fish” on a daily basis)?