[UserNameToronto]

I love, love, love this Metro. It's near Dixie Mall & the QEW. Everytime I whiz by on the QEW I think to myself, dang, there's a sweet 60s masterpiece.

Today, I was told it's being torn down.

Can anyone veryify? Any other admirers of this building?

https://maps.google.com/maps?q=metr...EhlNDA4VY6J37qU8KGTd1A&cbp=12,350.67,,1,-2.72

 

[ShonTron]

I saw it closed on my way home from Hamilton late last week with construction/demolition hoarding around it. I was a fan of this store, but I bet it's too small and/or out of the way for Metro.

 

[flonicky]

That's a shame, it's such a landmark and there are fewer and fewer of that style left.

 

[junctionist]

It was always a landmark for me on the drive to Toronto. It should have gotten heritage status for its distinctive facade, like the Metro at Parkway Plaza.

 

[adma]

Given that Mississauga is sorta-conscientious t/w its Modern heritage (cf. the Canadian Tire station on Southdown), I'd be surprise if there *wasn't* concern offered here. (And IIRC it's actually 50s, not 60s.)

 

[Hamiltonian]

I drove past it a few days ago and it was completely gone. Just a pile of debris.

 

[johngordon]

Wow. I have memories of that as a Miracle Food Mart in the early '70s. The Shoppers at the other end of the plaza was a Dominion. Looks like a Longo's is taking its place.

http://www.mississauga.com/news-story/4254640-longo-s-to-open-fourth-mississauga-store