Cherry Beach Sound withstood a direct hit by a bus, but the future of the world-renowned recording studio is still a little rocky, its owner said yesterday.

Carmen Guerrieri said the studio on Villiers St. suffered only a little internal damage when a Gray Line bus crashed through a wall Friday.

However, plans to turn the area where the hi-tech facility stands into a park are not music to Guerrieri's ears.

"I can't blame Gray Line. It's just a freak thing that happened," Guerrieri said. "My big problem is that I am scheduled to be part of a big park. That's the city's agenda."

The Toronto Waterfront Revitalization Corp. is proposing a large park for the site where the building is situated, Guerrieri said.

The bus that crashed into the studio was hit by a second bus making a U-turn. The driver of that coach was charged.

Guerrieri converted the building in 1982 to a studio with 20 state-of-the-art recording suites. The 2,782-square-metre facility caters to famous bands and celebrity musicians like 50 Cent, AC/DC, Bon Jovi and Amanda Marshall.

"Multiple layers of government are trying to build that park in my area. In 25 years I'll be expropriated," he said.

"Hitting a Toronto building with a Gray Line bus -- that can be fixed. Now I'm trying to preserve freedom through music."

He plans to be open tomorrow.