I Grew Up In Don Mills Wiki


History[]

In 1955, Don Mills Convenience Centre opens (John B. Parkin Associates, Macklin Hancock Landscape Architect).

Don Mills Centre started out as an open-air shopping centre, including a grocery store, banks and a futuristic, circular curling rink. It was well-used by local people.  It was redeveloped in the 1970's to an enclosed mall. 

In 2009, Don Mills Centre was demolished. The owners, Cadillac-Fairview, built the Shops at Don Mills, which is targetted at an upscale market as an outdoor "lifestyle centre", including residential buildings. Aside from the local Metro grocery store, the Shops at Don Mills offers little for the local shopper.

Department Stores[]

Eatons
Kresges
Zellers
Marks & Spencers
Sears Warehouse Outlet/National Sports/DOT/ ?? Auto Sales

Convenience/Variety[]

Essentials
United Cigar Stores/Claire's Cigar Store
Gateway News Stand
Beckers/Hasty Market

Shoes[]

Mel Johnson (Specialists in Children's and Teen-Age Shoes)
Agnew-Surpass
Bata
Vogue
Young Canada Shoes and Togs
Walking on a Cloud (moved to 939 Eglinton Ave. East off Brentcliff)
Traffic

-Naturalizer Shoes

-Varese Shoes


Ladies Fashions[]

Cinnamon Sea (small chain of stores, the one at 2525 Yonge Street still exists) Tabi
Irene Hill
Town and Country
Alia (moved to Parkway Plaza, at Ellesmere & Victoria Park)
Very Very Terry Jerry
Belgium Stores Limited
Skirt 'n Sweater Shop
Jean Machine
Centipede Store (sold mostly pantyhose)
Cotton Ginny
Braemar
Fashion Is
Darby's
Tan Jay (moved to Eglinton Square, at Eglinton and Victoria Park)
St. Honoré
Variations
Fairweather

Mens Wear[]

Bill Griner Limited Men's and Boys' Wear
Barclays Store for Men (moved to York Mills Gardens (Longo’s Plaza)
Maxwells (moved to Barber Greene Square, at Don Mills & Barber Greene)
Fairweather/Big Steel Man

Children's Wear[]

Lady Ellis Shops Limited (children's wear)
Tiny Togs
Just 4 You Kids

Travel[]

Marlin Travel
Donway Travel Agencies Limited
The Flight Centre

Book Stores[]

Coles

Smith Books
Classic Book Store

Banks[]

GuarantyTrust
CIBC
TD Bank
Canada Trust
Royal Bank

Toy Stores[]

M & L Sports Ltd
Don Mills Radio & Sports
The Toy Man
Game and Hobby Zone
Game Shack (?)

Grocery[]

Dominion/A&P/New Dominion/Metro
Old Worlde Cheese Shop
Bittners/Kellens s (renamed to Leslie's Meat and Delicatessen; moved to 1881 Leslie Street, then closed)
Don Mills Fruit Market/Fruit Fair/Bill's Farm (Bill's Farm moved to East York Town Centre)
Bulk Barn
McEwan
Troughton and Thompson Meat Market
Wm. Unser Limited
Hunts Bakery
Coffees of the World
Baker Gunnel

Food Kiosks[]

The Cookie Place (?) treats
Frontier Fruit and Nut (kiosk)
Laura Secords
Maynards Candies & Ice Cream
Your Good Health
Hickory Farms (seasonal)
Baskin Robbins
Coffee Hut
S*Smart (health food)
Chocolate Gourmet Treats

Paint, Hardware, Home Decor[]

Bailey's Home Hardware (moved to 49 The Donway West; later closed this location; still have a store at Parkway Plaza, at York Mills and Ellesmere)
St. Clair Paint & Wallpaper (had a location at East York Town Centre, then closed)
Danforth Fabrics Ltd.
Lizanne's
Junors/Brooks (Junors' location became Brooks, which closed just before demolition of Don Mills Centre; Junors reopened at The Shops at Don Mills)
Spork and Foon
Royal Home

Restaurants/Bars[]

Don Mills Restaurant/The Pit
Diana Sweets - Top of the Mall, Coach 'n Four, Joe Birds
Abacus
Anthony's

Beer, Liquor, Wine[]

Beer Store (Brewers Retail)
Bright's Wine
Jordan Wines
LCBO

Cards and Gifts[]

Rusties card and gift shop
Ko's Linens and Gifts, Ko's Two
Timeless Treasures
China Panda

Drug Stores/Pharmacies[]

Kofflers Drugs/Shoppers Drug Mart
Geo. Moore Drugs Ltd/Moore's IDA

Music and Electronics[]

Jacobi's TV
Music World
Granada/Majestic
Radio Shack/The Source
Batteries Plus (kiosk)
Key Master
W.T. Ruddy (Calculators)
Direct Film (kiosk)
Black's Camera (moved to York Mills Gardens (Longo’s Plaza)
Japan Camera/WillPrint(moved to Barber Greene Square, then closed
Time Invest Computer (moved to 31 Valentine Dr., at Don Mills and York Mills Rd. E ???)

Pet Stores[]

Pet Fair

Jewellers[]

Peck Jewellers Limited
Ostranders
Young Jewellers
Arax Jewellers (moved to Sunnybrook Plaza at Eglinton & Bayview)
DeWitt Jewels
Birks
L & J Diamonds

Hairdressers[]

Donaileen Beauty Shop
Paul Pogue Salons (moved to Parkwood Village, 1277 York Mills Rd. E
Hair Gallery (moved to 170 The Donway West)
L’Attitudes Hair Salon (now “Tonic” Hair Salon at Fairview Mall)

Dry Cleaners[]

Embassy Cleaners
Parker Cleaners/Nu Tone Cleaners (Parker Cleaners moved to 1881 Leslie Street, just North of York Mills Road)
Cadet Cleaners (moved to 49 The Donway West, then in 2013 to Barber Greene Square, at Don Mills and Barber Greene)

Fast Food[]

A&W
Appian Way
Bourbon Express
Burger Express
Cinnabon
Cultures
Druxy's
Fit For Life
Gazebo
Grannie's Fish & Chips
Jimmy the Greek
MacDonalds

Manchu Wok
Mrs Vanelli's
New York Fries
Pizza Pizza (moved to 49 Donway West, then closed with the demolition)
Potato Delight

Silvery Moon Cafe
Teriyaki Express (moved to 861 York Mills Road)
Timothys Coffees (opened a new location on the North West corner of Don Mills and Lawrence; opened a kiosk inside Metro at The Shops at Don Mills)
{place that looked like an orange}

Other/Miscellaneous[]

Calendar Club (seasonal)
Abjon Craft Studio

Fairbridge Studio (Photography Studio)
Gallery Phillip (now at 12 Hazelton Avenue Toronto)
Lewiscraft (Lewiscraft Corp. filed for bankruptcy protection at the beginning of 2006, and closed a number of stores before their fiscal year ended in April.)
Grand & Toy
Don Mills Shoe Repair (moved to 1090 Don Mills Road, then closed)
Moneysworth & Best
Bilray Insurance Agencies Limited
Stella Alterations
Lottery Booth
Dollar Store
Joseph's Flowers (moved to York Mills Gardens (Longo’s Plaza), Leslie & York Mills)
Internet Cafe
J. F. Cooper Real Estate Limited
Don Mills Barbers
Don Mills Theatre/Odeon Don Mills
K. Jamson (luggage)
Fragrance Avenue
The Body Shop
National Sports
Norwegian Sports
The Don Mills Mirror newspaper
Wild Thing (? what did they sell?)
Together (? what did they sell?)
Factors (? what did they sell?)

Gas Station/Car Wash[]

Don Mills Service Station
Don Locke's BP-Gulf Service Station
Shell Service Station

Newspaper Advertisements[]

Mr Mort

Don Mills Mirror, December 16, 1970

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Music World
Jacobi-Star-Feb 23 1962 p 10
Maternity Fashions-Star-Jan 11 1962 p 54
Heintzman-January 23, 1962 p2
Birks-The Star-February 12, 1962 p38
Bittners-Star, March 21, 1974, page A6
Northway-The Star-February 2, 1962 p 45

Don Mills Centre (Photo Gallery)[]

Don Mills Centre entrance
Don Mills Shopping Centre, 1957
DMC 1961
CIBC-Baileys Hardware

CIBC, Bailey's Hardware

Launderers, Barber, Kresges
Don Mills Centre 25th Anniversary

Don Mills Centre 25th Anniversary

Stores at Don Mills Centre (Photo Gallery)[]

Eatons Don Mills

Eatons

DMC Parking lot at sunset
DOT parking lot
DMC signage-1
DMC signage-2
DMC Community Booth 2006
DMC Food Court 2006
DMC Food Court 2006-2
DMC stores 2006-1
DMC stores 2006-2
DMC stores 2006-3
DMC stores 2006-4
DMC stores 2006-5
ARAX Jewellers 2006
DOT storefront 2006
Diana Sweets 2006
Dominion parking lot
Dr s office near Lenscrafters
DMC Gateway Newstand centre mall
DMC stores 2006-6
DMC Home Hardware 2006
Customer Service 2006
DMC Kellens 2006
DMC Kos 2006
DMC Lenscrafters 2006
DMC Lewiscraft 2006
DMC Maxwells 2006
DMC Maxwells 2006-2
DMC Food Court 2006-3
DMC TD 2006
DMC stores 2006-7
DMC stores 2006-8
DMC Where the fountain used to be
DMC Stores 2006-9
DMC Stores 2006-10
DMC Stores 2006-11
DMC Stores 2006-12
DMC Stores 2006-13
DMC Stores 2006-14
DMC Stores 2006-15
DMC Stores 2006-16
DMC Stores 2006-17
DMC Stores 2006-18
DMC Stores 2006-19
DMC Stores 2006-20
Arax Jewellers, Eddie Khatcherian - 2003