slickpete83
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you know your value village mall is cool when its on blogTO
Fun fact: the Loof carousel in the Woodbine Centre wasn't originally built in 1976. That would have been impossible as Charles Loof had been dead for about 58 years by that point.you know your value village mall is cool when its on blogTO
Soon, the fiberglass ones will be auctioned off as wellthe original wooden horses auctioned off and new fibreglass ones were installed
Watch from the 8:14 mark
(filmed in 1999)
I went to Woodbine this year with my friend and I saw a very similar, if not the exact same, banner in the mall. There was also an area with a large window with the expansion plans stuck on one of the walls as like, a mural?That master-plan has been on display within the Woodbine for a number of years now.
The poster should read "Closeout King Liquidation Village - more of the same popping up soon".
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I'm glad I found a fellow carousel enthusiast. It's pretty much the best looking part of the entire mall and it's what got me to visit in the first place!Funny enough, rumour has it that a lot of stores left when Woodbine changed hands and the new owner demanded two+ months rent in advance.
There's actually more to do from across the street along Queen's Plate. You got a superior liquidation outlet, Mandarin, Subway restaurant, Winners,
Staples, Fortinos, LCBO and a System Fitness among other finds. Basically, a lot of the stores Woodbine could use.
At this point, Woodbine racetrack should just buy out Woodbine mall and turn it into a massive parking garage. But keep the carousel inside. Carousels
are cool.
When I visited, the arcade was completely shut up. No way in, and the machines looked to be either unplugged or still running for some reason despite no one being able to get inside. Which sucks because I was excited to see an arcade.There is an old saying that goes "variety is the spice of life". Speaking of variety:
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Feel free to count along.
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Okay... I guess I can keep one mint in the box....
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Rumour has it that a "six of a kind" is being tabled to appear in 2038.
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An interior shot of the recently-renovated Fantasy Fair Arcade on the upper level. No more old arcade cabinets from
the 1990's.
I think these temporary attractions are really great for attracting people on a whim and drawing interest. But it won't save the mall. Stores and permanent necessities first, temporary events and attractions later.As big of a Wrestling fan as I am, I never even knew Woodbine paid for an independent Cosplay wrestling show:
Part 1 features a match between a guy dressed as Guile (Street Fighter) VS a guy dressed as a blue Power Ranger:
Part 2 keeps the video game theme going with a match between Ken (Street Fighter) VS Scorpion (Mortal Kombat):
And Part 3 features a match between Harley Quinn (Batman) against someone I'm not sure and
Would you guys like the Woodbine Centre to invest in more attractions like these or use the money for better stores/renovations?
I can confirm. The cinema was still there when i want, although there was no way in since it was obviously closed.Imagine cinemas closed at woodbine. I went on imagine cinemas website. The page for woodbine shows a 404 error. Rexdale now has zero movie theatres. And woodbine is down to one anchor. The mall will surely die.
That whole ballot box prize is still one of the sketchiest things I've ever heard about this place besides good ol Maggiano's and the supposed expansion.I never did get my prize ticket to an undisclosed location next to Disney World!
Oh, well. It looks like there's only one store left that can save Woodbine.
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Maggiano's
Wow.. it's almost a liminal space.Just going to leave this very sad picture here of Imagine Cinemas. Photo credit goes to Eugenio Arcilesi from the "Rexdale - Old photos" facebook group
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