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Opening day for a $30 million mall
Opening day for a $30 million mall

Opening day for a $30 million mall

Date8/5/1970
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Original Toronto Star caption: Opening day for a $30 million mall. Shopkeepers did hectic business at the opening of the $30 million Fairview Mall shopping centre yesterday at Sheppard Ave. E. and Don Mills Rd. Crowds jammed every one of the 3;600 spaces in the parking lot and thronged through the centre carried by a moving side-walk. There are 104 stores in the new centre.
GeographyCity, town, townshipToronto
GeographyNeighbourhoodDon Valley Village
GeographyProvince stateOntario
GeographyCountryCanada
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
Usage Rights Copyright (Learn More)
Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0014626F
A Scale Model of the $6.5 million plaza, the Bridlewood Mall, scheduled for completion a year from now, shows the old cemetery on the parking lot. The(...)
A Scale Model of the $6.5 million plaza, the Bridlewood Mall, scheduled for completion a year from now, shows the old cemetery on the parking lot. The(...)
Spremo, Boris
11/27/1974
Friendly persuasion: Fairview Mall security supervisor Gordon Garrett stops to chat with teenag…
Friendly persuasion: Fairview Mall security supervisor Gordon Garrett stops to chat with teenagers who frequent the mall after school. The key to preventing problems, Garrett says, is trying to understand the younger crowd and making them aware of what is acceptable behavior.
Toronto Star (Firm)
5/28/1985
Expanded mall
Expanded mall
McConnell, Colin
8/8/1984
Musical mall
Musical mall
Russell, Jim
7/30/1986
New shopping mall, Bayfield street, Barrie, Ontario
New shopping mall, Bayfield street, Barrie, Ontario
Loek, Dick
6/27/1986
Hangin' out: Youth worker Manny Correia talks with Lorena Sackaney, left and Antia Wilczynska in Dufferin Mall
Hangin' out: Youth worker Manny Correia talks with Lorena Sackaney, left and Antia Wilczynska in Dufferin Mall
Stawicki, Andrew
4/11/1994
'Tis the season: Consumers at the Sherway Gardens mall in Etobicoke take advantage of Sunday store hours to shop yesterday
'Tis the season: Consumers at the Sherway Gardens mall in Etobicoke take advantage of Sunday store hours to shop yesterday
Spremo, Boris
12/1/1991
A blonde woman leans against a colourful ceramic mosaic depicting a dragon and water.
Dragon wall: Gillian Heyes admires tile work of the Nine Dragon Wall, similar to one in Beijing, which is part of the Mississauga Chinese Centre mall
Calleja, Frank
7 June 1989
All 6,300 Parking Spaces were filled most of yesterday as Square One, called the largest enclosed shopping mall in Canada, was officially opened. Twen(...)
All 6,300 Parking Spaces were filled most of yesterday as Square One, called the largest enclosed shopping mall in Canada, was officially opened. Twen(...)
Calleja, Frank
10/3/1973
1989: The mall, which has undergone three expansions and plans a fourth, is throwing a two-week celebration
1989: The mall, which has undergone three expansions and plans a fourth, is throwing a two-week celebration
Loek, Dick
3/2/1989
New shopping mall, Bayfied street, Barrie, Ontario
New shopping mall, Bayfied street, Barrie, Ontario
Loek, Dick
6/27/1986
People bound for jobs in the financial district pour out of Union station into the underground mall section of the Royal Bank Plaza
People bound for jobs in the financial district pour out of Union station into the underground mall section of the Royal Bank Plaza
Combs, Erin
5/1/1985