They're obviously doing something right since the stores are so packed. Keep in mind there's more than just shopping going on in there - people are having their products serviced/replaced and people are attending "training" sessions. It's not really my cup 'o tea either due to the crowds and...

Roller Palace. :) It's still there, too. I spent many a Wednesday there in the early 90s rollerblading to bad dance music.

I remember the Starch factory. Every time we drove through Port Credit you could smell it. I also remember watching them demo the huge smokestack when I was a kid. Grays was a sad loss. It's too bad it couldn't be saved and turned into something better than it had been near the end. I used to...

I'm much more of a lurker than a poster, but I just wanted to thank you for posting these pictures. I grew up in the area, and the Rattray Marsh means a lot to me.

I don't know anyone's caught this yet, but G&M is reporting some interesting CCTV footage: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/christie-blatchford/firefighters-face-increasing-peril-as-vacant-death-traps-proliferate/article1860962/

That's the Rubicon restaurant. I don't know the official story, but it's been sitting empty for well over a year. It looks as though there was a serious fire that took out almost half the plaza.