Couple weeks back I went to Eaton Centre. I was reluctant to go in, but decided to after awhile. I went in through the Queen subway entrance. First thing I noticed was the south food court was completely boarded up. The convenience store next to Black's had been turned in to debt machines, and everything felt unfamiliar and familiar at the same time. There was a just a few people, the mall had been closed for some time.
I walked towards the middle, where the fountain is. The fountain was still there, looked the same, thank god. The home décor store by the fountain was gone though, I forget what replaced it, but it was some retail store. I decided to take the escalator up to street level. Night crew were working on assembling that same old Christmas tree up here, and there was more people. I noticed some more stores were gone again, Victoria's Secret took up their spots. I walked towards the stairs leading up to Chapters.
Malls are different at night. Especially really busy ones like Eaton Centre. During the day its filled with people and noise. At night its so bare and quiet. Naked. I've never walked on an empty highway at night before, but I'd imagine it would feel similar.
First thing I noticed on the third level was the Chocolate store was gone! I think it was Godiva. Some high-end bag store replaced it. I could see from where I was standing the McDonald's I used to work at would also soon disappear. It had banners saying "We're Moving". I wonder what would replace it...
I figured I should take a picture. So I did. I'm not against change. Change is good. And if history has taught me anything, it's that, change is inevitable and unavoidable. I'm just a jerk running forward, backwards.
