Montreal Eaton Centre

The Montreal Eaton Centre () is a shopping mall located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, and the largest in downtown Montreal. It is located in the heart of Montreal underground.

Location

Montreal Eaton Centre is located on Sainte Catherine Street, one of Montreal's primary shopping streets, and is adjacent to the former Eaton's department store (now a shopping and office complex known as the Complexe Les Ailes). The centre is connected to McGill metro and the underground city. Its main entrance is on the north side of Saint Catherine Street, just east of Place Montreal Trust.

History

The site that the Montreal Eaton Centre occupies was previously the Les Terrasses which officially opened in 1976, and occupied the site from 1975 to its closure in 1987.As with the existing mall, it was connected to the metro, underground city and the (former) Eaton's department store, however differed in many respects with the current Eaton Centre. In particular the mall layout was a triangular spiral, with gradually rising interconnected floors, approximately high in total. Though it had three escalators, at each point of the triangle, patrons could gradually walk to the top of the mall., each facing towards the center of the triangle. It was demolished after only one decade of use,...
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