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It was built by Eaton's in the 1970s to house the chain's flagship store. To build the centre a long stretch of smaller stores on Yonge Street were destroyed, which has long been lamented by urban planners. However, the original plan for the mall also required tearing down the Church of the Holy Trinity, but the parishioners successfully resisted, and the mall's design was changed to accommodate the church. (Another bit of Canadian culture might never have happened if the church had been demolished, as Cowboy Junkies recorded their classic album The Trinity Session at that very church in 1987.)
In 1999, after the Eaton's chain declared bankruptcy, Sears Canada acquired the chain. Sears closed some Eaton's stores and converted others to Sears outlets, but the Eaton Centre store was one of seven that Sears kept as a relaunched eatons chain. However, in 2002, Sears deemed the experiment unsuccessful and folded the eatons stores, converting them to the Sears brand.
Although the mall's flagship department store is now branded as Sears, the mall itself continues to be known as the Eaton Centre.
In recent years, developers have redesigned the mall's Yonge Street facade, 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 facades to create the perception of an urban streetscape. Further redevelopment, completed in 20042004 is a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 2004 calendar), and has also been designated the: International Year of Rice International Year to Commemorate the Struggle against Slavery and its Abolition Elections are to be held in 73 co, added new retail space at the northeast corner (Yonge and Dundas intersection) of the mall, across from Dundas SquareDundas Square is a public square in downtown Toronto, Ontario, on the southeast corner of Yonge Street and Dundas Street. It was opened to the public in November of 2002, and a "grand opening" concert was held on May 30, 2003. Dundas Square was envisioned.
Following the success of the original Eaton Centre design, several other Eaton Centres were built across Canada, including in MontrealMontreal (/mVn. tri"Al/ in English, /mO~. re"al/ in French) is the largest city in the province of Quebec, Canada, where it also constitutes an administrative region. It is Canada's second most populous city after Toronto ( Statistics Canada), and the sec, CalgaryCity of Calgary, Alberta, Canada Motto: Heart of the new west Area: 712. Population Total (2001) Cdn. Rank: Density 878,866 Ranked 3rd 1252. 3/km˛ Time zone Mountain: UTC-7 Latitude Longitude 51°6' N114°1' W MPs Diane Ablonczy, Rob Anders, Art Hanger, Ste and VictoriaVictoria is a Canadian city, and the provincial capital of British Columbia. Victoria also refers to Greater Victoria including this municipality and those immediately surrounding it. It is also the seat of the Capital Regional District. Location It is ne. Like the Toronto mall, some of these shopping centres have continued to be known by the name Eaton Centre (sometimes Eaton's Centre) despite the lack of an Eaton's store, but others, such as the Victoria mall, have been renamed.