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Today we head, once again, to my hometown of Niagara Falls, Ontario Canada.
This is the former Niagara Square Shopping Mall, which opened in 1977 and had room for 83 units.
I've got many memories in this mall from visiting Santa and the Easter Bunny as a child, I remember my Mom taking me to K-Mart and buying me the Hulkamania Workout Set which came out in 1985.
I hung out here with friends all though elementary school and high school, I remember clear as day how busy Niagara Square was around Christmas time.
The old 3 screen movie theatre was also on the property so as kids we would hang out at the mall before lining up for the movies, which we had to either check the Niagara Falls Review for the listings or call the cinema and listen to the recorded movie listing.
In 1987 or 1988 my mom took me here and bought me my first ever leather jacket, it was a graduation gift. Many years ago I gave that jacket to my cousin Jenny and I'll bet you she still has it!
The mall had suffered a major blow in 2002 when Zellers decided to pull out as one of the mall’s major retail anchors
Now in 2019, with Choom Cannabis Co. and a new medical clinic opening in buildings with outdoor access on the property, and the announcement that Costco Wholesale will open a new 150,000-square-foot location next year, officials are celebrating a “rebirth of sorts,” said Mayor Jim Diodati.
“It’s the evolution of Niagara Square,” he said, pointing to the ongoing redevelopment of the 400,000-square-foot property.
While the interior portion of Niagara Square has been vacant since April 2017, standalone businesses on the property, including World Gym, Michaels, JYSK, The Brick, Mandarin, Cineplex and Hoops, have remained open.
Rumours had been swirling for some time that Costco Wholesale, which has stores in St. Catharines and Stoney Creek, was looking for a new home in Niagara.
Now, as of September 2019 the demolition has begun on the old Niagara Square to make way for a new state of the art Costco and at 150,000 square feet it will be larger than the existing Costco store in St. Catharines and will feature a gas bar.
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Thank you for shopping at UER Ontario 
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Great set!!!! I love the ship model in #23.
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Absolutely great photography it's crazy to think that abandoned areas like this were filled to the brim with other people just going about their day.
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DID THE FOOD COURT STILL SMELL LIKE A&W :'(
Is this reality or my memory getting mileage? Am I staring at the sun or blood vessels in my eyelids |
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