Recent content by Mr. Rexdale

Woodbine features summer events such as an Afro Caribbean music festival and a carnival at the end of October. The rest of the year is home to the tractor trailers, which never seem to leave the property.

They could have just said the entire fair was closed to save themselves the effort required to bust out Microsoft Paint for this important announcement. Here's a pic of when the fair (and rest of the mall) was operational. Back in 1994. Woodbine's former daycare can be seen on the right.

It's been a while since I posted any retro photos of Woodbine's history here. The following is a view of Highway 27 looking north to Rexdale Blvd. I believe the year was around 1955. On the right, you can see the old Highfield Public School in the area that would eventually become the Woodbine...

If the Dollarama at Islington and Rexdale has taught us anything, it's that your typical Dollarama can survive even the most nuclear of enclosed mall demolitions; just as long as the lease price is right and the space is still available to rent. If Woodbine Mall were to get demolished, there's...

Albion Mall meets the needs of it's community. Albion Cinemas has been playing Bollywood movies for the last 18 years or so, and the cinema just changed ownership along with receiving a nice visual upgrade to the cinema's exterior. Canadian Tire took over K-Mart around 1998 and remains a viable...

Wal-Mart wouldn't move into the woodbine Centre. It would demolish the mall in order to fit a super center there. Then again, the Wal-Mart just down the street at Rexdale and Islington seems to be doing fine for the last 22 years.

Recently, I happened to step foot in Woodbine for the first time since April. Like many remaining shops, S & H Health Foods, a Woodbine staple for decades, is now running a store closing sale. The lifesize standee of bodybuilder/Incredible Hulk actor Lou Ferrigno has stood in that window for...

The previous owner tried selling the mall and fair together as a niche product. The prospective buyer would be purchasing more than a shopping centre, they'd be acquiring a dying mall with an oversized playground attached. A niche item that the previous owner believed secured him the right...

Several disgruntled visitors have been leaving poor reviews on google for the lack of rides and AC working in the Fantasy Fair for quite some time now. Apparently, 1/3rd of the rides weren't in operation before the fair closed. Maybe the faulty A.C., mall's temporary closure and the fair...

Water damage has been a recurring issue in the mall. From the rust that overtook the elevator fountain, to the leaks in the ceilings of stores on the lower level. As for filming, I would imagine it really depends on the scope of the project. Years ago, my father and I stumbled upon a film crew...

Five bucks says it was another health code violation.

The business folks may be related to the GO station planning across the street at Woodbine Racetrack. https://www.on-sitemag.com/construction/woodbine-to-be-centre-of-massive-new-urban-development-in-toronto/1003985504/ Who knows? The Woodbine Centre may make a great Go station car park.

It saddens me to write here that we lost a Rexdale legend recently. Eugenio Arcilesi was a regular contributor; providing plenty of store inventory signs, magazine clippings and vintage photos for these forums. While Eugenio was most-active in the facebook Vintage Rexdale group, he'd often ask...

From our friends at etobicoke.memes on instagram: CTV News also covered the story:

Wouldn't be the first time the Woodbine was listed and then taken down without notice. What's with this mall and phantom investors secretly taking it off the market?