I like the Cumberland Terrace here in Toronto. Last week I took a walk through there to get from Bay Street to Yonge Street; a nice route on a very cold day. After all, the TTC (Toronto Transit Commission) has a station which accesses the mall: "Bay" Station.
A few days after my little trek through the Cumberland Terrace, I see this in the Toronto Star...
Cumberland Terrace a dying mall sitting on prime real estate
The shopping has never been fully renovated so it remains an amazing museum dedicated to 1974, the year it opened.
http://www.thestar.com/life/2014/01/31/cumberland_terrace_a_dying_mall_sitting_on_prime_real_estate.html
Yeah, that mall is rather quiet, perhaps static, but I'm not so sure I want to see it go just to accommodate more condos in Toronto -- even if a newer shopping block will be built. The Cumberland Terrace has something which just occurred to me: It has a 'human scale', a pleasantness.
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At the very least, it could use some shops that stay open past 6 PM on weeknights
Many of those shops do shutter early. It may be because of the area, though. However, the concourse underground stays alive for hours more....
It's just such a bizarre feeling, for instance, seeing the food court so desolate at dinner hour.
I believe it; although lunchtime is crazy... last time I was down there at that time of the day.
Sounds like it's a day mall. I wonder if things would change even with a new build. That's a weird pocket, though changing with all the bleedin' condos going up around there -- including the Tower of Falling Glass....
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