Sealed off and forlorn Sunnybrook Plaza awaiting wrecker

by The Bulldog • June 14, 2020

Chain fence and locks all around

Last look at business names

Once a smoke shop

Empty billboards

Nearly 70 years after it opened as the first strip mall in Canada, Sunnybrook Plaza is now locked up and empty. It awaits redevelopment into a high-rise rental and commercial location.

Near opening in 1952

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