evandyk
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Theres quite a bit of joking in this thread. I don’t think Takashimaya or Mr. Greenjeans will take the space either.
Toronto Eaton Centre (Ongoing Renewal) | ?m | ?s | Cadillac Fairview | Zeidler
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zang
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Woolworth’s/WoolCo still actually exists though (they renamed themselves Foot Locker a few decades back).
Resurrecting the Eaton’s name might be harder. They went bankrupt and were bought by Sears, who themselves went bankrupt and were completely liquidated. So who knows who owns the name now.
Johnny Au
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A shell company owned by Cadillac Fairview (itself owned by the Ontario Teachers Pension Plan) owns the Eaton's name.
AlbertC
Superstar
I had my hopes high for the Mr. Greenjeans idea. 😿
Natika33
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😂 Weird perhaps, but I actually loved that campaign.
Rascacielo
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From the Globe & Mail: a peek at BMO's new office space above short-lived Nordstrom
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www.theglobeandmail.com
BMO Place transforms iconic retail space at Toronto Eaton Centre into offices
Consolidation of bank’s divisions brings together 3,200 employees across 350,000 square feet
www.theglobeandmail.com
MatiasBessai
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While attending the Geese installation ceremony I was able to get a couple of shots of the construction of the new food hall, located down on the lowest level at the southernmost end of the mall.
Still looking quite preliminary behind the tarp, no new framing up yet. The rectangular pit could be the base for a new elevator? CF Senior Director of Project Management, David Stewart, told me they are putting in an elevator that will be 40% larger than the current ones, intended to accommodate families with strollers.
Still looking quite preliminary behind the tarp, no new framing up yet. The rectangular pit could be the base for a new elevator? CF Senior Director of Project Management, David Stewart, told me they are putting in an elevator that will be 40% larger than the current ones, intended to accommodate families with strollers.
evandyk
Senior Member
Unless it's a swimming pool, it looks a lot like an elevator 
Northern Light
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Unless it's a swimming pool, it looks a lot like an elevator
About the right length and width for a pool in one our ubiquitous glass towers in the sky; but a bit deeper than most.
Towered
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isaidso
Senior Member
What a great looking floor in the 2nd pic. It's too pretty to be what they're installing so is it the floor from the late 70s/early 80s?
APTA-2048
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Original flooring from 1979. With some modifications. There used to be a fountain there too.
isaidso
Senior Member
That juxtaposition of 1979 vs 2023 highlights how stripped down and bland things have become. Even something mundane like a shopping mall floor used to be stylish. 1970s design aesthetics are slowly coming back into vogue (Schwartz Reisman Innovation Centre) so maybe we're finally, design-wise, emerging from what has been a truly depressing 30 years.
Skorpyo
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I love the new glass!
limer
New Member
old vs new, from the City Hall Observation deck last weekend:
