AlvinofDiaspar
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Absolutely nothing - other than it being one of the first, and the first that I hung out at back in those halcyon days. The whole setup was rather exotic back then.
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Absolutely nothing - other than it being one of the first, and the first that I hung out at back in those halcyon days. The whole setup was rather exotic back then.
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devjohnson
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Equinox Yorkville officially opens in their new space.
Great photos Dev, yours?
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Still a pile to do at Hazelton Village, I mean Yorkville Lanes, I mean is this name change a good idea? I'm not so sure. Would asking someone to meet in front of STORE X in Yorkville Village indicate to them that you were expecting to meet up in an enclosed mall? I say 'no'.
There's just not enough in here yet to give anyone an idea of what kind of personality the mall will have. Let's hope more than it does now!
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There's just not enough in here yet to give anyone an idea of what kind of personality the mall will have. Let's hope more than it does now!
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devjohnson
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Yep - during the grand opening! I usually workout at Equinox Bay Street, but nothing beats a second location to change up my routine!
JasonParis
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I can't stand the name either. It's a bit desperate to re-name your mall after the actual neighbourhood around it. They probably think it was a brilliant move, but I think most will just find it all quite confusing.
ardwold1
Active Member
Not to mention redundant!
AndreaPalladio
Senior Member
Golly. Imagine the uproar if it were CF Yorkville Village.
AP, I think you've found the only place where the CF prefix would help!
Actually, here's where it helps.
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Actually, here's where it helps.
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officedweller
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Yeah, I have a tough time reconciling these two atriums (renovated one and Whole Foods one) as being in the same mall.
AlvinofDiaspar
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The entrance steps/foyer is brutal - it oozes as much charm some of the new IO hospital builds.
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Dan416
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I really don't see the issue with the new name. So many malls have names like this: Pickering Town Centre, Erin Mills Town Centre, Vaughan Mills, Dufferin Mall, Scarborough Town Centre, et al.
I don't understand why people are nitpicking this. Was the change necessary, certainly not. But as a name, it makes 100% sense.
I don't understand why people are nitpicking this. Was the change necessary, certainly not. But as a name, it makes 100% sense.
…except that the equivalent here would be Yorkville Village Centre, and it's missing the last part of that.
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AlvinofDiaspar
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What gets me isn't naming the mall after the neighbourhood - it is how there is nothing "villagey' about the mall. Our developers have a funny way of naming development, be it residential or commerical, paying weird homage to supposedly bucolic and rural imagery which is about as far removed as reality (as if Avenue Road and Bloor fits that bill). Like this weird obsession with "mills" - we sure had ground flour that way for the past century.
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UrbanFervour
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They should have just really gone for it & called it "The Village Shoppes at the Village of Yorkville Village, Yorkville... Village"
Anyway... the name sucks and whoever thought of/approved it, is an idiot.
Anyway... the name sucks and whoever thought of/approved it, is an idiot.