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History

The various Eaton's buildings at Yonge and Queen Streets in 1920, demonstrating the Eaton's landholdings on the current site of the Toronto Eaton Centre.

Timothy Eaton founded a dry goods store on Yonge Street in the 19th century, and that small shop went on to revolutionize retailing in Canada, ultimately becoming the largest department store chain in the country. By the 20th century, the Eaton's chain owned most of the land bounded by Yonge, Queen, Bay and Dundas streets, with the notable exceptions of Old City Hall and the Church of the Holy Trinity. The Eaton's land, once the site of Timothy Eaton's first store, was occupied by Eaton's large Main Store, the Eaton's Annex and a number of related mail order and factory buildings. As the chain's warehouse and support operations were increasingly shifting to cheaper suburban locales in the 1960s, Eaton's wanted to make better use of its valuable downtown landholdings. In particular, the chain wanted to build a massive new flagship store to replace the aging Main Store at Yonge and Queen and the Eaton's College Street store a few blocks to the north.

In the mid-1960s, Eaton's announced plans for a massive office and shopping complex that would occupy several city blocks. Initial plans for the centre called for the demolition of both Old City Hall (except for the clock tower and cenotaph) and the Church of the Holy Trinity, as well as the closing of a number of small city streets within the above-noted block (Albert Street, Louisa Street, Terauley Street, James Street, Albert Lane, Downey's Lane and Trinity Square). At one point, even the City Hall clock tower was slated for demolition. After a fierce local debate over the fate of the city hall and church buildings, Eaton's put its plans on hiatus in 1967.

The Eaton Centre plans were resuscitated in 1971, although these plans allowed for the preservation of Old City Hall. Controversy erupted anew, however, as the congregation of the Church of the Holy Trinity exhibited an increased willingness to fight the demolition plans for its church. Eventually, the Eaton Centre plans were revised to save both Old City Hall and the church, and then revised further when Holy Trinity's parishioners successfully fought to ensure that the new complex would not block all sunlight to the church.

These amendments to the plans resulted in three significant changes to the proposed centre from the initial 1960s concept. First, the new Eaton's store was shifted north to Dundas Street, as the new store would be too large to be accommodated in its traditional location on Queen Street (opposite its rival Simpson's) due to the preservation of City Hall. This resulted in the mall being constructed with Eaton's and Simpson's acting as anchors at either end. The second significant change was the reduction in the size of the office component, so that the Eaton Centre project no longer represented an attempt to extend the City's financial district north of Queen Street, as the Eaton Family had originally contemplated in the 1960s. Finally, the bulk of the centre was shifted east to the Yonge Street frontage, and the complex was designed so that it no longer had any frontage along Bay Street. Old City Hall and the Church were thus saved, as was the Salvation Army headquarters building by virtue of its location between the two other preserved buildings (although the Salvation Army building was eventually demolished in the late 1990s to make way for an Eaton Centre expansion).

Construction

The Toronto Eaton Centre, looking south along Yonge Street from Dundas Street, in contrast with the old faade.

Eaton's partnered with the Cadillac Fairview development company and the Toronto-Dominion Bank in the construction of the Eaton Centre. The complex was designed by Eberhard Zeidler and Bregman + Hamann Architects as a multi-levelled, vaulted glass-ceiling galleria, modelled after the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II in Milan, Italy. At the time, the interior design of the Eaton Centre was considered quite revolutionary and influenced shopping centre architecture throughout North America.

The Eaton Centre represented one of North America's first downtown shopping malls. The first phase, including the nine-storey, 1,000,000 square foot (100,000 square metre) Eaton's store, opened in 1977. The temporary wall at the south end was mirrored over its full height, to give an impression of what the complete galleria would look like. The old Eaton's store at Yonge and Queen was then demolished and the south half of the complex opened in its place in 1979. The same year, the north end of the complex added a multiplex cinema, Cineplex, at the time the largest in the world with 18 screens.

Evening interior of the Toronto Eaton Centre, looking north from the mid-point in the mall.

Terauley Street, Louisa Street, Downey's Lane and Albert Lane were closed and disappeared from the city street grid to make way for the new complex. Albert Street and James Street were preserved only to the extent of their frontage around Old City Hall (although the city of Toronto required that pedestrians be able to cross through the mall where Albert Street once existed, at any time 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and pedestrians still enjoy this right today). Trinity Square lost its public access to Yonge Street, and became a pedestrian-only square with access via Bay Street.

Many urban planners and designers have long lamented the original exterior design of the Eaton Centre. The complex was oriented inwards, with very few street-related retail stores, windows or even mall entrances to animate the exterior. Much of the Yonge Street faade, facing what was once one of Toronto's primary shopping thoroughfares, was dominated by a parking garage. At the insistence of the Metro Toronto government, which had jurisdiction over major roads, the complex was set back from Yonge Street. The goal was to eventually add an additional lane to the street. As a result, the complex was set back a considerable distance from Yonge Street, thus further weakening the centre's streetscape presence.

The office component of the complex was constructed over the years, as follows:

"One Dundas West" (29 storeys) in 1977, designed by Bregman + Hamann Architects and Zeidler Partnership Architects;

"Cadillac Fairview Tower" (36 floors) in 1982, designed by Bregman + Hamann Architects, and Zeidler Partnership Architects; and price of the eaton centre is 1,470,000,000

"250 Yonge Street" (formerly Eaton Tower) (35 storeys) in 1992, designed by Zeidler Partnership Architects, and Crang & Boake.

The Eaton Centre today

Eaton Centre on Boxing Day, showing the fibreglass sculture Flight Stop by artist Michael Snow.

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Despite the controversy and criticisms, the centre was an immediate success, spawning many different shopping centres across Canada bearing the same brand name of 'Eaton'. The mall's profits were said to be so lucrative that the success of the Eaton Centre has often been credited with keeping the troubled Eaton's chain afloat for another two decades before it finally succumbed to bankruptcy in 1999. Today, the Eaton Centre is one of North America's top shopping destinations, and is Toronto's most popular tourist attraction.

Eaton Centre Galleria

One of the most prominent sights in the shopping mall is the group of fibreglass Canada Geese hanging from the ceiling. This sculpture, named Flight Stop, is the work of artist Michael Snow. It was also the subject of an important intellectual property court ruling. One year, the management of the centre decided to decorate the geese with red ribbons for Christmas, without consulting Snow. Snow objected arguing that the ribbons made his naturalistic work "ridiculous" and harmed his reputation as an artist. Snow sued and in Snow v. The Eaton Centre Ltd. the court ruled that even though the Centre owned the sculpture, the ribbons had infringed Snow's moral rights. The ribbons were ordered removed.

The mall contains a wide selection of 230 stores, restaurants and two foodcourts. The mall is served by two subway stations, Queen and Dundas, located at its southernmost and northernmost points respectively.

With the demise of the Eaton's chain, the department store space at the north end of the mall is now occupied by Sears Canada, which is the chain's largest store in the world at about 817,850 square feet (75,981 m2), though they have blocked off the top two floors and the lower two floors were converted to mall space. Shortly after Sears' acquisition of Eaton's, the Timothy Eaton statue was moved from the Dundas Street entrance to the Royal Ontario Museum. The complex retains the Eaton Centre name, representing an ongoing tribute to Timothy Eaton and the small shop he once opened at this location.

Redevelopment

The exterior of the Eaton Centre store was designed in the style of the 1970s, intended at that time to be a statement of Eaton's dominance and its future aspirations. However, the "modern" design of this mustard-coloured box has not aged well and is generally considered (from an architectural perspective) to be a poor replacement for the demolished main store.

In recent years, the Eaton Centre's owners have redesigned the mall's Yonge Street faade, bringing it closer to the street and making it more closely resemble an urban shopping district, with stores opening directly onto the street, and presenting a variety of faades to create the perception of an urban streetscape.

The 2006 Christmas tree at the Toronto Eaton Centre, covered in Swarovski crystal ornaments.

Further redevelopments, in the late 1990s and early 2000s, added new retail space. The west side of the complex, opposite Albert Street, was expanded. The northeast corner (Yonge and Dundas intersection) was redesigned, with a number of former tenants, including a Toronto Police Service office, relocated or evicted to make way for H&M's Canadian flagship store designed by Queen's Quay Architects International Inc.

One of the mall's two parking garages, the nine-storey Dundas Parkade on Dundas Street with its two spiral stack ramps and the multiplex cinema below it, was demolished in 2003. In the place of the garage and of a vacant development site on the southeast corner of Dundas and Bay streets, a new wing of the Eaton Centre was opened in 2006, containing Canadian Tire and Best Buy, with Ryerson University's Faculty of Business and a new parking garage with 574 spaces on the upper levels. This work was done by Queen's Quay Architects International Inc. with Zeidler Partnership Architects.

There are now about 230 stores in the retail complex[citation needed], which encompasses about 1,600,000 square feet (150,000 m)[citation needed], which is the second largest mall in Ontario (after Square One)[citation needed] and making it possibly the largest downtown shopping centre in North America[citation needed].

See also

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Toronto Eaton Centre

Eaton Centre

List of Canada's largest shopping malls

References

^ Canadian Institute of Steel Construction

^ City of Toronto, Attractions

^ a b http://www.archives.gov.on.ca/english/donations/eatons/pics/16047_eatons_centre_1020.jpg

^ CISC-ICCA :: Toronto Eaton Centre

^ http://www.torontoeatoncentre.com/EN/centreinfo/Pages/Default.aspx

^ HumbleStuff | Humble Howard Radio

^ Urban Exploration Resource: Display Location

^ http://www.tectowers.com/client/Cadillac/CF_Office_UW_V500_MainEngine.nsf/resources/Newsletter/$file/TEC_Perspectives_Oct2006.pdf

External links

Official Toronto Eaton Centre Site

CBC Archives - "Unveiling plans for the Eaton's Centre" (1966 Audio Clip)

CBC Archives - "Jewel in the Crown" (1977 Video Clip)

CBC Archives - "A controversial start to the Eaton Centre" (1978 Video Clip)

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Landmarks in Toronto

Infrastructure

Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport (Island Airport)  Don Valley Parkway  Gardiner Expressway  Highway 401  Hogg's Hollow Bridge  Leaside Bridge  PATH Underground  Prince Edward Viaduct  R. C. Harris Water Treatment Plant  Toronto Pearson International Airport (in Mississauga)  Union Station  WindShare Wind Turbine

Sports

Air Canada Centre  BMO Field  Christie Pits  Maple Leaf Gardens  Ricoh Coliseum  Rogers Centre  Varsity Stadium

Entertainment

and media

299 Queen Street West  Bathurst Street Theatre  Bloor Cinema  Canada's Walk of Fame  Canadian Broadcasting Centre  Canon Theatre  Distillery District  Elgin and Winter Garden Theatres  Four Seasons Centre  Horseshoe Tavern  Massey Hall  Molson Amphitheatre  The Music Hall  The Opera House  Princess of Wales Theatre  Royal Alexandra Theatre  Roy Thomson Hall  Sony Centre for the Performing Arts  Telus Centre for the Performing Arts

Educational

Art Gallery of Ontario  Bata Shoe Museum  Canadian Air and Space Museum  Enoch Turner School  Gardiner Museum  Hockey Hall of Fame  McLaughlin Planetarium  McMichael Gallery (in Kleinburg)  Ontario Science Centre  Riverdale Farm  Royal Conservatory of Music  Royal Ontario Museum  Todmorden Mills  Toronto Reference Library  Toronto Zoo  University of Toronto (Leslie L. Dan Pharmacy Building  Robarts Library  Scarborough Campus)  York University

Institutional

City Hall  Convention Centre  Hospital for Sick Children  Old City Hall  Ontario Legislature  Osgoode Hall  Toronto General Hospital

Parks, squares, and

natural landmarks

Albert Campbell Square  Centennial Park  Edwards Gardens  High Park  Leslie Street Spit  Maple Leaf Square  Mel Lastman Square  Morningside Park  Nathan Phillips Square  Queen's Park  Scarborough Bluffs  Toronto Islands  Toronto Waterfront WaveDecks  Trinity Square  Yonge-Dundas Square  Waterfront Trail

Historical

Black Creek Pioneer Village  Casa Loma  Don Jail  Fort York  Gibson House  Gladstone Hotel  Gooderham Building  John Street Roundhouse  King Edward Hotel  Lambton House  Mackenzie House  Montgomery's Inn  Mt. Pleasant Cemetery  Queen's Wharf Lighthouse  Royal York Hotel  St. James' Cathedral  St. Lawrence Hall  St. Michael's Cathedral  Spadina House

Shopping

Downtown Yonge  Eaton Centre  Harbourfront Centre  Honest Ed's  Kensington Market  St. Lawrence Market  Sam the Record Man  Scarborough Town Centre  World's Biggest Bookstore  Yorkdale  Yorkville

Amusement

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Neighbourhoods

The Annex  Bay Street  The Beaches  Cabbagetown  Chinatown  Corso Italia  Don Mills  Gay Village  Greektown  The Junction  The Kingsway  Leslieville  Little Italy  Queen West  Roncesvalles  Rosedale  Runnymede-Bloor West Village

By type

Parks and ravines  Old buildings  Skyscrapers

Italics indicate structures now defunct or demolished.

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Shopping malls in the Greater Golden Horseshoe

City of Toronto:

Atrium on Bay Bayview Village Cedarbrae Mall Centerpoint Mall College Park The Crossways Don Mills Centre Dufferin Mall Toronto Eaton Centre Eglinton Square Empress Walk Fairview Mall Hazelton Lanes Landmark* Lawrence Plaza Lawrence Square Manulife Centre Parkway Mall PATH Queen's Quay Terminal Scarborough Town Centre Sherway Gardens Shoppers World Danforth Splendid China Tower* Yorkdale (Comprehensive list of malls)

Peel Region:

Bramalea City Centre Dixie Outlet Mall Erin Mills Town Centre Shoppers World Brampton Square One

York Region:

Hillcrest Mall Market Village* Markville Shopping Centre Pacific Mall* The Promenade Upper Canada Mall Vaughan Mills

Durham Region:

Pickering Town Centre Oshawa Centre

Halton Region:

Burlington Mall Mapleview Centre Oakville Place

City of Hamilton:

Centre Mall Eastgate Square Lime Ridge Mall Lloyd D. Jackson Square

Niagara Region:

The Pen Centre Niagara Square

Simcoe County:

Georgian

Waterloo Region:

Cambridge Centre Conestoga Mall Fairview Park Mall

Wellington County:

Stone Road Mall

The largest mall in each area is bolded. *Ethnic malls are denoted with this symbol.

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Toronto skyscrapers

(partial listing)

Current

Bay Adelaide Centre  Brookfield Place  Canada Life Building  Canada Permanent Trust Building  CN Tower (not an actual skyscraper)  Commerce Court  Continental Bank of Canada Building  Exchange Tower  Ernst & Young Tower  First Canadian Place  Four Seasons Hotel  Hudson Bay Centre  Manulife Centre  Metro Hall  Minto Midtown   One King West  One Yonge Street  Pinnacle Centre  RBC Centre  Residences of College Park  Royal Bank Plaza   Scotia Plaza  Simcoe Place  Sun Life Centre  Toronto City Hall   The 250  Toronto-Dominion Centre  World Trade Centre

Proposed or

under construction

Aura   Bell Lightbox   Burano   Casa Condominio Residenza   Four Seasons Hotel and Residences   L Tower   Maple Leaf Square   Murano   Ritz-Carlton Toronto   Shangri-La Toronto   Trump Hotel & Tower   X Condominium

Cancelled or

never built

John Maryon Tower  One Bloor East  Sapphire Tower

Other

List of tallest buildings in Toronto

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