HTML clipboard  The Toronto Eaton Centre is a large shopping mall and office complex in downtown Toronto, Ontario Canada, named after the now-defunct Eaton's department store chain that once anchored it. In terms of the number of visitors, the shopping mall is Toronto's top tourist attraction.[2] It is also the largest shopping mall in Eastern Canada and third-largest in Canada as a whole.
The Eaton Centre is bounded by Yonge Street on the east, Queen Street West on the south, Dundas Street West on the north, and to the west by James Street and Trinity Square. Its interior passages also form part of Toronto's PATH underground pedestrian network, and the centre is served by two TTC stations: Dundas and Queen. The complex also contains three office buildings (at 20 Queen Street West, 250 Yonge Street and 1 Dundas Street West) and the Ryerson University Ted Rogers School of Management. Additionally, the Eaton Centre is linked to a 17-storey Marriott hotel, and to Canada's largest store, the flagship location of The Bay department store chain.
Tourist info:
Our friendly, professional customer service staff have intimate knowledge of the over 250 shops and services within the Centre and are available to assist you at any time. Visit us on Level 2 for more information.
Toronto Eaton Centre is in the heart of Toronto's bustling downtown core. For map and complete directions click on Centre Information
Toronto Eaton Centre shares the honour as one of the #1 most visited tourist attractions in Toronto! Millions of tourists from around the world visit this world-class shopping centre for its architecture, culture and urban atmosphere.
Tour & Bus Groups
Toronto Eaton Centre is a definite "must see" when visiting the City of Toronto by organized bus tours.
Bus Parking
The Toronto Eaton Centre recognizes the added convenience of picking up and dropping off passengers at our front door. With this in mind the Albert's Way entrance (located at the corner of James Street and Albert Street) has been selected as our designated bus tour pick-up/drop off area.
To park your motorcoach vehicle Impark has two convenient locations 411 Church St. and 180 University Ave. near Toronto Eaton Centre to suit your needs or simply call Andrew Kleinhandler at 416-369-1801 ext. 257 for more information.
Construction:
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.
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.
MALL EVENTS
July 6 - Sep 25 Treat Yourself
July 10 - July 31 Jean Machine now open at TEC
July 21 Seniors Day @ Sears
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Yonge & Dundas
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