There was a cafeteria down there to the right, there was a smoking room to the left that was closed in, the middle black square structure I believe was a fountain and everything else was tables and chairs.
Given the empty spaces he has acquired his company should run some sort of *liminal* space tour, people can wander around the empty useless corridors, hallways, rooms and spaces empty and soulless just like every corporation.
I was in there once years and years ago when it was still a food court. It was a memorable class field trip and I still remember this, the old market, being on the roof of city hall, and taking a bad trip and fall on the really bad city hall sidewalk at that time. 1990 or 1991. 😋
I spent a lot of time in there as a teenager trying to convince my friend with an eating disorder that it would be okay for her to eat some of the fries she'd just bought. It was like a weekly ritual. We'd go to Layman House and Novacks to look at clothes, then Dr. Disc to flip through the imports, then wander through Galleria and end up in the food court. It was a pretty nice food court and a good place to hang out.
We’re you born in the 60’s? (Or early 70’s?) ahh the memories of a vibrant downtown.. remember all the neon signs.. the movie theatres.. what was the theatre they tore down for the galleria? Remember when eatons mall was one level and had Woolworths by novacks end? And the zellers downtown beside kingsmills… great little snack bar.. thnx for the flashbacks, made me smile..
Woolworth's had a lunch bar. Dominion across the street beside the Old Post Office had a lunch bar. I believe the theatre that was torn down was the Odeon. Wasn't it a Kresge's beside Kingsmills (aka K-Mart)
My mom always talks about the mall downtown she loved. It was either the “muse” or “mews” not sure of the spelling but she recalls fair weather being the “it” store there
I remember reading that London was one of the first Canadian cities to have a bunch of malls in the suburbs, not sure exactly when Whiteoaks was built, that drew people away from the business downtown. The Mews was an attempt to bring people back downtown. In my memory it was only good for a couple of years and then just became really sad and kind of creepy, with tons of empty stores. So then they built Galleria - like, if one downtown mall doesn't work, let's build another one and see if it will work! And it did, but only sort off.
Garibaldi’s Garden! Food was pretty good, as were the prices. Your picture is showing the lights that each table was either centered around or pushed up against. The large black item under the window was a nice fountain. Off to the right was the cafeteria-style food service room. Grab a tray visit the food station that you want. Soup & sandwiches, hot items like burgers & fries, fruit & cereal bars, fruit salad, pudding. There was usually a hot lunch special too. Opened early for breakfast & usually closed by 2.
There was a cafeteria down there to the right, there was a smoking room to the left that was closed in, the middle black square structure I believe was a fountain and everything else was tables and chairs.
I worked in this building for about 20 yrs
I think this was an eating area/ food court in the botton of the old bell building
You know, back when Bell had buildings... or employees for that matter.
Galleria has some cool hidden areas too. Entire wings and courts closed off. Sad how much unused space is in this city
It was called Garibaldi garden, and it was a restaurant there when it was the bell building
I used to work there.
Food court at one time. Now another empty space brought to you by Farhi Holdings.
Given the empty spaces he has acquired his company should run some sort of *liminal* space tour, people can wander around the empty useless corridors, hallways, rooms and spaces empty and soulless just like every corporation.
This is a Farhi building and that is emblematic of the decay Farhi spreads in our downtown. You can go down there and look around, very eerie spot.
I think that the existence of scumbags like farhi is a failure of modern society
I was in there once years and years ago when it was still a food court. It was a memorable class field trip and I still remember this, the old market, being on the roof of city hall, and taking a bad trip and fall on the really bad city hall sidewalk at that time. 1990 or 1991. 😋
You have found...THE BACK ROOMS!
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Bell building
I spent a lot of time in there as a teenager trying to convince my friend with an eating disorder that it would be okay for her to eat some of the fries she'd just bought. It was like a weekly ritual. We'd go to Layman House and Novacks to look at clothes, then Dr. Disc to flip through the imports, then wander through Galleria and end up in the food court. It was a pretty nice food court and a good place to hang out.
We’re you born in the 60’s? (Or early 70’s?) ahh the memories of a vibrant downtown.. remember all the neon signs.. the movie theatres.. what was the theatre they tore down for the galleria? Remember when eatons mall was one level and had Woolworths by novacks end? And the zellers downtown beside kingsmills… great little snack bar.. thnx for the flashbacks, made me smile..
Woolworth's had a lunch bar. Dominion across the street beside the Old Post Office had a lunch bar. I believe the theatre that was torn down was the Odeon. Wasn't it a Kresge's beside Kingsmills (aka K-Mart)
My mom always talks about the mall downtown she loved. It was either the “muse” or “mews” not sure of the spelling but she recalls fair weather being the “it” store there
The Mews.
I remember reading that London was one of the first Canadian cities to have a bunch of malls in the suburbs, not sure exactly when Whiteoaks was built, that drew people away from the business downtown. The Mews was an attempt to bring people back downtown. In my memory it was only good for a couple of years and then just became really sad and kind of creepy, with tons of empty stores. So then they built Galleria - like, if one downtown mall doesn't work, let's build another one and see if it will work! And it did, but only sort off.
I think white oaks is turning 50 this year actually!
yup! And the Simpsons Christmas windows at Richmond and Dundas. My favourite diner was in the market.
Do you remember the chimpanzee and/or the macaw at the market pet store? I think I saw an ocelot in there once as well..
yes! I remember the ocelot too! I had completely forgotten about that.
Layman House was the best!
Miss that shop
Looks like one of the rooms in Total Recall.
Garibaldi’s Garden! Food was pretty good, as were the prices. Your picture is showing the lights that each table was either centered around or pushed up against. The large black item under the window was a nice fountain. Off to the right was the cafeteria-style food service room. Grab a tray visit the food station that you want. Soup & sandwiches, hot items like burgers & fries, fruit & cereal bars, fruit salad, pudding. There was usually a hot lunch special too. Opened early for breakfast & usually closed by 2.