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| WOODBINE SHOPPING CENTRE REXDALE |
DEVELOPER: THE CADILLAC FAIRVIEW CORPORATION LIMITED
ARCHITECT: ARCHITECTS CRANG AND BOAKE INC. |
This regional centre at Highway 427 and Rexdale
Bouleward, in Etobicoke Ontario, was completed in 1985 as a completely new
two level shopping centre including two major department stores,
a major food store, nationally known retailers, cinemas, and a children's amusement
centre, complete with a Ferris wheel and a miniature railway.
The structure is composed of compositely
designed structural steel beams and purlins supporting 6 1/4 inches thick
concrete floor slabs, cast on, 3 inches deep, composite steel deck.
The malls are crossed by bridges on the upper level with
barrel vaulted skylights above, at the roof level, converging to a central court
area, with exposed structural steel framing, supporting a magnificent central
skylight.
The east entrance to the mall features the Ferris wheel, which
is presented through an extensive glazed wall, with exposed structural steel vaulted
framing, which was a challenge both to design and to fabricate.
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