I remember going to the mall when just completed in the 70s. It was actually a square shape with Woolco, the Bay, Sears and Dominion at the corners at one point. The floor was a brown tile all around. Had a nice open to the outside air court in the centre and you could skate there. Surrounded by farm fields, some woods and the odd house. It was close to my home on Cawthra and Burnhamthorpe. Fun place to go shopping and catch a movie... My dad would still go for a daily walk in the mall pre-pandemic...

@HopeLaFleur1975

2 жыл бұрын

Wonderful memories ❤

@symmgod9059

Жыл бұрын

Oh my gosh Dominion , that was back the day , way back :)

I worked there in 1973 before it was opened remembered working at Woolco , putting prices on items for the opening..

I missed shopping in this mall back in 2019 summer time before covid

Square One has changed over the years. One of my favourite malls to visit. Thanks for sharing

Easy to tell you haven't been there for a while!! I have been working there for 6 years, and it has changed so much in that short time! The movie theatres closed probably at least 10 years ago. A lot of stores relocated during the last major reno in the mall. The food court is bigger than it used to be! As for the doors to Walmart on the lower level, they were closed at the beginning of the pandemic, and have never re-opened. I haven't actually walked the mall in a while. Nice to see what it looks like now. It is still changing!! Thanks for the walk!

I remember where Missiassauga Square One was was a no man's land around the mid 1980's.The development came very fast and out of everybody's expection at that time and set the record of the fastest growing city in North America.

they really did a good job at making sq1 an upscale mall. in the 90s it was really dark and drab. i think that upgrade in the early 2000s where they added the apple store and h&m really changed tge feel

This was indeed a awesome true holiday style xmas 🎄 eve livestream walk through Square One mall in Mississauga..I haven't been there since Oct.2020 but the ppl in that area for sure are blessed and thankful that it's reason why Mississaugas downtown is booming, and highly benefitted them wy it is well-known in 🇨🇦 and the 6th largest city in Canada I believe right? OK thanks

wow i saw ppl sitting down ...amazing bc they've basically takin all benches out from everywhere

I remember Square one in the 90s

Thank you for introducing us to the Square One mall! What a huge shopping area!

Hi Johnny, thanks for your videos, including this one. I must say that you have very good memory.

Thanks Jonny for the walk in the mall was wonderful many places to shop. I have been there a few times. Like you said very easy to get lost.

Hi 🙋‍♀️ Johnny, thanks for the Square One walk-through. Wow, I haven't been to that mall for many, many years! It has really changed. I think the last time I was there, I went to see a movie and went to Johnny Rockets 🚀 Thanks again and I hope you had a wonderful Christmas 🎄 😊 Happy New Year 2022 to you and your family ✌

Very cool video! On the lower level where the Food District is, it use to be HMV. I worked there back in High School in the mid 90s! Wow, Square One has changed a lot! and at 26:39 no, Mississauga is not apart of Toronto. Toronto tried persuading Mississauga to join Toronto when Etobicoke agreed with the amalgamation and became the "MegaCity" in 1998. But Hazel McCallion say NO WAY! lol

Thank you for showing yet again another mall stroll. As I mentioned in a previous comment...I like going to the mall mainly to people watch and go to the bookstore. You would see me all over that Indigo store

Merry Christmas - Just Beautiful - Thanks For Sharing With Good Wishes....

You make me miss GTA again. Merry Christmas to you and your family

Respect. Going into a mall on Christmas Eve. This was opened on October 5, 1973 by 20th Century Theatres. It was taken over by Famous Players in 1980 and closed in 1997 when the nearby Coliseum opened. It had four screens with 1,425 seats in all.

@Neville60001

Жыл бұрын

Don't you mean, 20th Century Theatres (which I don't think were owned by 20th Century Fox)?

A lot of walking. Good place for a workout

Hi Johnny , greetings from Pittsburgh, hope it was a great Christmas for you and your friends and family.

Great walk! Thanks Johnny

Been going there everyday out of boredom Update: I found myself in the video !! Nice

@JohnnyStrides

2 жыл бұрын

lol neat!

Hi @Johnny Strides I visited Square One this past Sunday and my dad got me lunch at the New York Fries that you worked at way back when! Cheers from Guelph Ontario

Holy hell I worked at New York Fries too !!!!! To the left was the Yogurt shop when yogurt was just starting to become a "thing". That was early 90's. I remember the owner scolding me because I was jamming too many fries into the box ... had to "sift" them in so that it "looked" full. To the right of New York Fries was Orange Julius if I remember correctly. Oh man, you just took me to a flashback that opened up a whole lot of memories I had forgotten about. Wow.

@JohnnyStrides

2 жыл бұрын

Early 90's.. was the owner Bill? Store Manager was Tammy? They were running the show when I was there :) I remember the Yogut Shop and OJ as well! We used to trade large cups of fries for buckets of Chicken with the KFC next door lol

@symmgod9059

2 жыл бұрын

@@JohnnyStrides Oh that's right , it was a tiny KFC place next door, then Orange Julius. It was Bill, yes - damn good memory you have. I was sad to hear you say the movie theaters had disappeared. The last movie I saw at Square One was Beverly Hills Cop lol , and across the street there on Burnhamthorpe there was that new Cineplex - I believe Forest Gump was the last movie I saw there. I"m living in Bangkok now, for oh about 20 years, so finding your walks around Toronto makes me tear up. Thank you. Oh and did I hear you say you hit 60,000 steps on one of those walks? Wow.

@Neville60001

Жыл бұрын

I wish that I could've worked at those stores when I was younger, but the system failed me so much that I've never really worked except at one warehouse job from June to December of 1989, a job at a sheltered workshop in 1994 and 1995, and have been on social assistance for most of my life otherwise. I envy anybody who had ever gotten to work at a job in a mall as a youth, especially at a place like HMV, Sam The Record Man, or New York Fries.

Very interesting. Lot of change since I was there.

good morning johnny i hope you are having a good boxing day

Welcome to Mississauga!

Thanks Johnny for this video

Great tour 👌

Wow lots of great stores!

I used to come to Square One to play video games at Playdium/Sega City and then go and see movies at the Colosseum 10, and then I'd head back to Toronto afterwards; later on, after the Toronto Playdium opened up along with the Paramount Theater (now the Scotiabank Theater) at the corner of John & Richmond, I stopped going there to play video games and just watched movies and played video games in Toronto until Playdium and most (hell, _all_ ) of the nightclubs closed down because of the death of the Entertainment District due to condogentrification.

Absolutely love these mall walks, now I want to go to Square One. Haven't been there for a few years and it changed. Please visit Dixie Value Mall and Pickering Town Center when you get a chance. Happy Holidays

@afreshreaction

2 жыл бұрын

Haven't heard these malls in awhile... Is Cloverdale Mall still around these days? Lol

@slavonijacro

9 ай бұрын

@@afreshreaction yea it’s still open

Mississauga is the fastest growing city in North America.

This mall has changed so much when I grew up here in the 90s I lived right behind YMCA just steps from square one I remember when there was a IT store my friends and i bought fake smokes from there lol and I remember hanging at games workshop I believe watching people playing war hammer those were the days!

@manchuk1d

2 жыл бұрын

wait.... IT the clown store?!

@Neville60001

Жыл бұрын

@@manchuk1d, no, there was a (clothing?) store called 'It'.

Merry Christmas ♥️💙💚🌲🎁

You were right..bulk barn moved at last reno...

@Neville60001

Жыл бұрын

Because the mall had become too upscale for it to be there.

Another old hood of mine !! Lived next to Sussex , first time I shacked up with a girl ! I worked at the Red Lobster down the road ! First area I lived when I moved from N.S. . Wonderful times , know that mall well.

Welcome to MISSISSAUGA 👏🙋‍♀️

@eddiew2325

2 жыл бұрын

hi stella isnt it spelled Mississippi?

@Neville60001

Жыл бұрын

@@eddiew2325, no, it's spelled as written.

ive only been there once- I should return

Very nice mall 👌

Hello Johnny can you do a walk tour of Erin mills town centre.

Very nice mall johnny

love it, gate at Body Shop

@12:40 It was Sega City, then became Playdium. Now it's changing to something else.

@Neville60001

Жыл бұрын

What _is_ it changing to, Daniel?

@danskijonez

Жыл бұрын

@@Neville60001 it's now Gygo, a Nerf amusement play center. Still has go karts and mini putt too. Playdium was better in my opinion.

Never Been, my Brother Doesn't Take me Any Where I've been to a Mc Donald's near His House

Malls same floor plans ;-) Keep cares !

Not seeing a lot of differences from Yorkdale Shopping Centre, honestly. (31:15) 19:55 I suppose International Clothiers is different. 👔 25:25 District dine. 🍽

It was more affordable back then

💕💕 Nice

You didn't do your driving to niagra falls stream this year 😫😔.

@JohnnyStrides

2 жыл бұрын

I did one in November (in reverse) lol

@MarkSide_

2 жыл бұрын

@@JohnnyStrides in reverse?!

Disney store was on lower level not in Sephora section

30:36-Kernels' popcorn is not anywhere as good as that made by The Toronto Popcorn Company; tragically, Kernels is still around, while all because and thanks to Covid, The Toronto Popcorn Company has no more physical stores and is now an online-only store from which you have to have the popcorn delivered.😒😔

Wow. The guy who hates malls went to a mall on Christmas Eve.

@JohnnyStrides

2 жыл бұрын

I wasn't alone lol

Wow not too many people because of the virus

Surpised they allowed him to film inside

@Neville60001

Жыл бұрын

Why would they stop him from doing so?

Look at all the muzzled ...complacent fools..this mall is useless..I remember when it was family friendly it's just a cookie cutter bill mall of nothing...keep wearing those nuzzles cuz its punitive 😁