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Downtown Toronto said:
Reminds me of the crappy retail in the Aura condos but ever so slightly less crappy...
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I'm also glad it's gone. But I've long had a soft spot for the 60-80s era retail that winds through Yorkville. It's like stepping into a time machine, and there's something comforting about it.
 
Miscreant said:
I'm also glad it's gone. But I've long had a soft spot for the 60-80s era retail that winds through Yorkville. It's like stepping into a time machine, and there's something comforting about it.
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One of the sad things about malls is their perpetual compulsion to renovate. As a result, malls and memories of malls seem only to exist in the ever-present. I’m sure a lot of the malls I grew up around had a lot of neat historical anachronisms, but I’ll be damned if I can remember any of it. If I visit now they look exactly like they did when I was a kid - clean, modern, newly-renovated. It takes a mall on death row (ie this one, galleria) to offer any kind of glimpse into the quaint, weird little sensibilities of shoppers past.
 
bilked said:
One of the sad things about malls is their perpetual compulsion to renovate. As a result, malls and memories of malls seem only to exist in the ever-present. I’m sure a lot of the malls I grew up around had a lot of neat historical anachronisms, but I’ll be damned if I can remember any of it. If I visit now they look exactly like they did when I was a kid - clean, modern, newly-renovated. It takes a mall on death row (ie this one, galleria) to offer any kind of glimpse into the quaint, weird little sensibilities of shoppers past.
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Nicely put, and I largely agree. But go check out Cumberland Terrace again. It's a complete time zone.
 
Miscreant said:
Nicely put, and I largely agree. But go check out Cumberland Terrace again. It's a complete time zone.
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Indeed; that complex has been left unchanged for a long time; among the few businesses that remain, some are somewhat unique and will definitely not return in whatever new buildings are planned for the area.
 
bilked said:
One of the sad things about malls is their perpetual compulsion to renovate. As a result, malls and memories of malls seem only to exist in the ever-present. I’m sure a lot of the malls I grew up around had a lot of neat historical anachronisms, but I’ll be damned if I can remember any of it. If I visit now they look exactly like they did when I was a kid - clean, modern, newly-renovated. It takes a mall on death row (ie this one, galleria) to offer any kind of glimpse into the quaint, weird little sensibilities of shoppers past.
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Cues up Stranger Things Season 3 trailer:


Cues up The Midnight:


Ahhhhhh......80s malls.
 
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