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  Eaton Centre - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
With the demise of the Eaton's chain in 1999, and the retiring of the Eaton's name as a retail banner in 2002, some of these malls have been renamed, although three of the larger ones continue to carry the Eaton name.
Centre Eaton, Montreal, Quebec: This mall is located on Saint Catherine Street, one of Montreal's primary shopping districts, and is next to Eaton's former flagship Montreal store (which itself has recently been refurbished as a mall known as the Complexe Les Ailes).
Calgary Eaton Centre, Calgary, Alberta: This downtown mall was constructed in the late 1980s, and required the demolition of the historic Eaton's store (Eaton's moved into larger premises in the new mall).
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Eaton_Centre   (965 words)

  
 Toronto Eaton Centre - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Eaton Centre is bounded by Yonge Street on the east, Queen Street West on the south, Dundas Street West on the north, and buildings on the east side of Bay Street on the west.
Eventually, the Eaton Centre plans were revised to save both Old City Hall and the church, and then revised further when Holy Trinity's parishioners successfully fought to ensure that the new complex would not block all sunlight to the church.
The second significant change was the reduction in the size of the office component, so that the Eaton Centre project no longer represented an attempt to extend the City's financial district north of Queen Street, as the Eaton Family had originally contemplated in the 1960s.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Toronto_Eaton_Centre   (1505 words)

  
 NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Toronto Eaton Centre
The second sigificant change was the reduction in the size of the office component, so that the Eaton Centre project no longer represented an attempt to extend the City's financial district north of Queen Street, as the Eaton Family had originally contemplated in the 1960s.
Centre Eaton (Montreal), Montreal, Quebec: This mall is located on Saint Catherine Street, one of Montreal's primary shopping districts, and is next to Eaton's former flagship Montreal store (which itself has recently been refurbished as a mall known as the Complexe Les Ailes).
Guelph Eaton Centre, Guelph, Ontario: With the departure of Eaton's, this mall was redeveloped as the Guelph Centre.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Toronto-Eaton-Centre   (3217 words)

  
 Eaton Learning Centre: Welcome   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Eaton Learning Centre is dedicated to changing the lives of individuals with learning differences and finding the learning strengths that we all have inside us.
Eaton Learning Centre has a team of experienced and dedicated educational assessors, educational diagnosticians and registered psychologists that provides our clients with the most thorough insight into their learning profile.
Eaton Learning Centre is also uniquely designed to provide consulting services to clients on how to be an effective self-advocate and plan for significant transitions in life.
www.eatonlearning.com   (203 words)

  
 NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Eaton Centre
It was built by Eaton's in the 1970s to house the chain's flagship store.
Following the success of the original Eaton Centre design, several other Eaton Centres were built across Canada, including in Montreal, Calgary and Victoria.
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.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Eaton-Centre   (601 words)

  
 Eaton's: The History and Legacy of a Canadian
Timothy Eaton had made his first foray into the retail business that was to earn him a place as one of Canada's greatest businessmen, and earn his company a place in the history of the nation.
Mr Eaton was born in 1834 in Ballymena, Northern Ireland, of Protestant Scottish ancestry.
John Craig Eaton, the son and eventual heir of Timothy Eaton, was largely responsible for expanding the Eaton’s business from its Toronto birthplace and the of building a combined store and mail order operation in Winnipeg in 1907.
www.eatons.com   (897 words)

  
 Toronto Eaton Centre Photo Gallery
With some 300 shops, the Eaton Centre was originally named after the Eaton's department store, which went bankrupt in the 1990's and was bought by Sears.
Massey intended his "gift to aid in the development of the arts" to be "an auditorium -- spacious, substantial and comfortable, where public meetings, conventions, musical and other entertainments could be given." Declared a "heritage" building during the 1970s, Massey Hall remains a vital part of Toronto's cultural and entertainment scene.
Dundas Square opened in November 2002 as part of an urban redevelopment project next to the Eaton Centre.
www.globalphotos.org /to-eaton.htm   (275 words)

  
 Eaton Centre   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
The Eaton Centre, Toronto (designed by the ZEIDLER Partnership and BREGMAN AND HAMANN, phase 1 opening in 1977, phase 2 in 1979) is the epitome of those vast multistorey interior "atrium" spaces for which Canadian ARCHITECTURE became known internationally in the 1970s.
EATON CO LTD department store, 3 office towers (opened in 1979, 1981 and 1991) and a 274 m glass-covered shopping galleria flanked by 3 levels of shops and restaurants and 4 levels of parking.
The architecture plays with the simple technological themes of traditional modern design, unadorned concrete and steel structure, metal pipe handrails, transparent and mirror glass, together with the decoration provided by plants and fountains, shop signs and banners, creating a lively and varied gathering place that is well integrated with the existing downtown.
www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com /index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&ArticleId=A0002501   (186 words)

  
 Toronto - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The city is a national centre for the media, publishing, telecomunications and information technology industries; it is home to Thomson Corporation, Bell Globemedia, Rogers Communications and Celestica.
Major performance venues include the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts, Roy Thomson Hall, the Princess of Wales Theatre, the Royal Alexandra Theatre, Massey Hall, the Toronto Centre for the Arts, the Elgin Teatre, the Winter Garden Theatre and the Hummingbird Centre.
It is also home to the MaRS (Medical and Related Sciences) Centre, which was created in 2000 to capitalize on the research and innovation strength of the Province of Ontario, and to position Canada for leadership in the highly competitive global innovation economy.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Toronto   (3870 words)

  
 Jewel in the crown - Eaton's: A Canadian Institution - CBC Archives
In February 1977 the Eaton Centre opens in Toronto and is the jewel in the Eaton family crown.
The Eaton Centre boasts more than 200 stores and is anchored on the north end by a grand nine-level Eaton's department store.
•The Eaton Centre was first conceived as a larger complex which would have included a 69-storey office/apartment tower and a 500-room hotel.
archives.cbc.ca /IDC-1-69-377-2339/life_society/eatons/clip7   (256 words)

  
 Marriott Toronto Eaton Centre Hotel Toronto
The Toronto Marriott Eaton Centre is situated in the heart of City Center Toronto at Bay and Dundas Streets.
The Toronto Marriott Eaton Centre is conveniently situated one mile from the convention center, fashion and theatre districts and two miles from CN Tower.
Eaton Centre is on the Yonge subway line offering immediate access to Toronto Transit.
www.big1-hotels.com /Ontario/Marriott-Toronto-Eaton-Centre.htm   (244 words)

  
 Eaton English Language School - ELC Home Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
For students who really want to improve their level of English in the shortest possible time, the best way is undoubtedly to learn in the country where the language is spoken.
The Eaton Language Centre has been providing effective language training for clients from around the world for more than 25 years.
Our Centre is committed to the students individual interests and needs, offering the best possible support, guidance and encouragement in reaching their aims and objectives whilst in our care.
www.eaton-languages.co.uk   (100 words)

  
 Infiltration Journal: Eaton Centre
There are lots of exciting new holes to fall through and doors to check at the Eaton Centre.
Eaton Centre (February 2004): I've been poking around the Eaton Centre for many moons, having previously visited its basements and roof.
Since those olden days, however, Eaton's has moved out and Sears has moved in, the movie theatre and a good number of stores have closed permanently and major construction work has begun on a new north face to the mall.
www.infiltration.org /journal-eaton3.html   (890 words)

  
 Eaton Centre   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
The Eaton Centre was built by Eaton’s in the 1970s to house the chain's flagship store.
The Eaton Centre store was kept as one of seven that Sears used in an attempt to relaunch the chain.
Both Eatons were kind and generous men with a sense of responsibility towards their employees.
www.lostrivers.ca /points/eatoncentre.htm   (348 words)

  
 Eaton Learning Centre: About Us   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
The Eaton Learning Centre is centrally located in Vancouver and offers a safe and welcoming environment.
The staff of the Eaton Learning Centre is well aware of the frustrations often associated with learning difficulties or disabilities, and aims to provide awareness about each client’s individual learning style.
Eaton Learning Centre was founded by Howard Eaton in 1994 in order to change the lives of individuals with learning differences.
www.eatonlearning.com /about.html   (208 words)

  
 Leasing - Retail Building Info Sheet   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Calgary Eaton Centre is located in the heart of downtown Calgary, one of the most prosperous and fastest growing cities in Canada.
Calgary Eaton Centre opened in 1990 with 4 levels and over 150,000 square feet of retail and is anchored by Sears and Holt Renfrew.
Calgary Eaton Centre is connected by the world’s longest elevated pedestrian walkway system to TD Square and Scotia Centre which offers an additional 315,000 sq.
www.oxfordproperties.com /Leasing/retailInfo.asp?regID=1&cc=02550   (112 words)

  
 Western Libraries - Business Library
June 3, 1999: Eaton's announces closing of five stores by mid-2000, eliminating 400 jobs and shrinking the chain to 59 stores.
Eaton's shares are suspended from trading on the Toronto Stock Exchange.
The Eaton family keeps control of the company with about 51 per cent of its shares.
www.lib.uwo.ca /business/Eatons.html   (450 words)

  
 Gowlings Resources [The Eaton’s Case — High Water Mark or Low Tide?]
Justice Farley held against NRSC and concluded that that Eaton’s was within its rights to repudiate the contract with NRCS.  However, he cautioned that NRCS’s damages claim would need to be dealt with in the “rough and tumble” negotiations preceding the creditors’ vote on the Plan.
Other disputes related to the estimated $107 million being received by Gordon Brothers running of the GOB (going out of business) sale, the $20 million windfall for Eaton’s shareholders, and the side-deal which would have seen the sale to Sears completed by Eaton’s even after the Plan was rejected by the unsecured creditors.
Justice Farley expressed his dissatisfaction with what he considered to be the anomalous result of providing the  Eaton’s shareholders with any compensation when unsecured creditors were likely  to see no more than 50 cents on dollar.  Mr.
www.gowlings.com /resources/publications.asp?showWhat=727   (285 words)

  
 Eaton Center Stores In Toronto in directory.co.uk
The Toronto Eaton Centre is a place like no other.
Shopping Malls The Eaton Centre is Toronto's landmark shopping centre with over...
Eaton Center in Toronto is going to be the new home of an Apple retail store.
www.directory.co.uk /Eaton_Center_Stores_in_Toronto.htm   (296 words)

  
 Eaton Centre: See what people are saying right now on Technorati   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Eaton Centre Hotels More ways to save on hotels near Eaton Centre, Toronto at Priceline.
I was in the Eaton Centre today and noticed that there is going to be a Geox store opening.
Eaton Centre per day for the last 30 days.
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 HORG==> Tour ==> Eaton's Centre
This is certainly true of Victoria Eaton's Centre, a heritage-style shopping mall built in the late 1980's.
In an attempt to calm public feeling, the designers and builders included recreations of the façade of the original buildings in the exterior walls of the four-storey centre.
On two sides of the clock are displayed local Victoria time and the slogan, "Victoria Eaton Centre Grand Opening 1990".
web.uvic.ca /walktour/tour/eatons.html   (396 words)

  
 RYERSON UNIVERSITY: The Sally Horsfall Eaton Centre for Studies in Community Health   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Topping off the four-storey structure at 87 Gerrard Street East [See T on map] to accommodate the Ryerson/George Brown Centre for Studies in Community Health will require engineers to expand electrical capacity, bolster support within the building for the two additional floors, and find a new way to provide heating and air conditioning.
Over the summer, work was completed on expanding support columns on the third and fourth floors of the building, and construction of the two new floors is likely to begin early in 2001.
Ryerson will be sharing space in the new centre with George Brown, and the Dean says that the two institutions are already talking about a collaborative program in.
www.ryerson.ca /build/health/team.html   (457 words)

  
 Marriott Toronto Downtown Eaton Centre @ toronto-reservations.com
In addition to 1 Marriott Toronto Downtown Eaton Centre, we presents other Toronto hotels in the area of ON Canada.
The Toronto Downtown Marriott Eaton Centre is located in the heart of downtown Toronto at Bay and Dundas Streets.
The Toronto Downtown Marriott Eaton Centre is conveniently situated one block from the Canon Theatre and one mile from the Air Canada Centre, convention center, fashion and theatre districts and two miles from CN Tower.
www.toronto-reservations.com /marriott_toronto_downtown_eaton_centre.html   (387 words)

  
 Toronto Eaton Centre   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Toronto Eaton Centre is in the heart of Toronto's bustling downtown core.
The Toronto Eaton Centre shares the honour as one of the #1 most visited tourist attractions in Toronto!
The Toronto Eaton Centre is a definite "must see" when visiting the City of Toronto by organized bus tours.
www.torontoeatoncentre.com /tourist/index.ch2   (272 words)

  
 Eaton Centre - Toronto Shopping - VirtualTourist.com
All we have left of it is the Eaton Center in downtown Toronto and it is one of the most visited attractions for tourists.
The Centre stretches two full city blocks, attracts approximately 50 million visitors annually, and is apparently the #1 most visited tourist attractions in Toronto.
Although the first Eaton Store on this location was built in 1883, most of what we now see of the six-storey glass-ceiling building was constructed in the late 1970s.
www.virtualtourist.com /travel/North_America/Canada/Province_of_Ontario/Toronto-903418/Shopping-Toronto-Eaton_Centre-BR-1.html   (1288 words)

  
 Eaton Centre, Toronto - Reviews of Eaton Centre - IgoUgo   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
The Eaton Centre is in the centre of Toronto and has about 300 shops including key stores such as Sears and The Bay.
There is a large tourist centre shop within the center, which we found very useful for leaflets on local attractions etc. There eating areas featuring a number of eateries and seating areas, including New York Fries, KFC, Chinese, etc. There are also other independent restaurants within the centre.
The Eaton is one of the better shopping centres I have been in and is a must see if you are in Toronto.
www.igougo.com /planning/journalEntryActivity.asp?type=2&entryID=36295   (336 words)

  
 Toronto Eaton Centre   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
build the centre a long stretch of stores on Yonge St. were destroyed which has long been by urban planners.
Sears closed some stores and converted others to Sears outlets the Eaton Centre store was one of that Sears kept as a relaunched eatons chain.
Although the mall's flagship department store is a Sears outlet the mall itself continues be known as the Eaton Centre.
www.freeglossary.com /Toronto_Eaton_Centre   (189 words)

  
 Canada Plus.ca - Home - Toronto Eaton Centre The   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
The Eaton Centre stretches two city blocks and acts as the pumping heart of Toronto’s downtown core.
The Eaton Centre’s imposing, glass-based structure is situated at the crux of the financial and business districts, and is close to Ryerson University and the Queen St. retail strip.
Beauty and tasting demonstrations are also hallmarks of the Eaton Centre’s live events, as are celebrity appearances.
www.canadaplus.ca /home/toronto_eaton_centre_the/1030690   (366 words)

  
 Eaton Centre
When visiting Toronto, the Eaton Centre is a must-see, and the Pantages Hotel happens to be strategically located very close by.
Since Pantages happens to be the ultimate Toronto Spa Hotel, it only seems logical to indulge in some retail therapy at the Eaton Centre, and then proceed to our Spa to unwind after a hard day's shopping.
Because the Eaton Centre is so close by, you don't have to miss a minute of your important meetings, and still find the hottest fashions and gifts to bring back home with you!
www.pantageshotel.com /eaton_centre.asp   (136 words)

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