Historic photos from around Yorkdale, Toronto

One notable design element of the mall: most malls have a set of receiving doors along one side of the mall, but Yorkdale was built with a one-way, two-lane road for trucks running beneath the centre that leads directly to retailers' basement storages. Also underground was the Dominion Grocery Store conveyor belt that delivered your groceries out to a pick-up station in the parking lot once you paid for them

Art and Architecure at Yorkdale

While much has changed at Yorkdale, the original 110 stalactite ceiling high above the original Simpson's Court Restaurant and Fairweather survives. The other famous ceiling at Yorkdale, the lilly-pod or leaf looking balconies of the Eaton's Vista Restaurant have been lost. Other art that has appeared at Yorkdale:

• The Tritons by Graham Coughtry (1964) - three bronze humanoid figures intertwined - originally in the fountain in the Eaton's court, now outside by the northeast entrance.
• Universal Man by Gerald Gladsone (1976) - this bronze sculpture was commissioned by the Canadian National Railway to give a balance of human scale to the CN Tower where it stood from 1976 to 1987 and was moved to Yorkdale in 1994.
• Ambiguous Response by Albert Paley (2013) - originally exhibited along Park Avenue in New York City in 2013.
• Radiance by Ed Pien (2011) - 48 circular disks suspended from 6 rings. Also Revel (2011) - a forested scene populated by birds and celestial orbs on the glass wall west of Radiance

Yorkdale Mall details:

• Short URL to share for Yorkdale historic photos: wholemap.com/Yorkdale
• Address for Yorkdale: 3401 Dufferin Street, North York, Ontario, Canada - M6A 2T9
• Latitude, Longitude for Yorkdale: 43.7259456267039, -79.45193966728485