Eaton Centre

The underground man, according to the narrator, is a fictional character who represents certain people in society. According to the narrator, the underground man is described as being someone who is filled with bitterness towards society, and finds himself powerless to act against it or within it. The underground man is a retired government service official. he is described as a nasty man, who on many occasions would take pleasure in being a spiteful official. One of the main themes in this text…

Victor Lebow, 1955 (131, Naiman). Shopping malls like the Eaton centre were designed to make profit and entice its shoppers. It is a place where community, comfort and capitalism come together. Its purpose is to keep consumers in the mall for as long as they can, because the longer shoppers stay the more they spend. The Eaton Centre is a cathedral of consumption, which was built to fulfill the needs of…

Sears Canada unveils a new store format as it tries to turnaround sliding sales Sears has recently launched its new logo and new store format. The new layout is intended to resemble the layout of large self-serve specialty and off-price retailers. The format is accompanied by bold merchandising displays with signage asking ‘WTS?’ or ‘What the Sears?’ intended to encourage shoppers to check out the new format. The new format features: • 75,000 sq. ft. of retail space • Polished concrete floors…

The central hub of downtown Toronto, Yonge-Dundas is a public square situated at the south-east corner of the intersection of Yonge Street and Dundas Street East across from the Toronto Eaton Centre. The site is bordered on the north by Dundas Street, on the east by Victoria Street, on the west by Yonge Street, and on the south by a former street named Dundas Square. In 1998, as part of the Yonge Street Regeneration Project, Toronto City Council approved the expropriation and demolition of the…

Odessa and Toronto “Everything is relative,” says an English proverb. People like comparing everything; usually it is what they see or face every day, for instance food, clothes, cars, weather, some events etc. On the other hand, trying to compare objects like countries or cities is much harder if you do not have a chance to visit or live there. Of course, comparing two cities from your native country is not tough, because in many cases they are similar. But what about two cities from different…

A voice praised as “a gift from heaven”, a strong will when faced with adversity, and a dream. Portia White built and earned her title and prestige as a vocalist from nothing. During an era where she would have everything denied to her on the basis of her race. Traits Portia White’s physical appearance is characterized by a dark brown complexion, short coily hair, small thin eyebrows, and pronounced lips and nose. When it comes to personality, it is clear that she was a strong willed woman.…

Ali Watson is a 32-year-old tall, thin, Caucasian hostess working at Hooters. She was arrested by police on Saturday morning at the Eaton Center Mall. The shop owner called the police and reported that Ali had been acting hysterical. The store owner tried to calm her down, but she had reacted aggressively and was verbally abusive to him. The store owner said, “She came into my store and sampled our colognes. After I sprayed a sample of our Old Spice, Ms. Watson’s behaviour then became out of…

Upon analyzing. To what extend industrialization, and urbanization at the turn of the century, brought prosperity to Canada, and her citizens Have been a learning experience. Canada as a nation did prosper, but varied. Geographical location, Government policy, but not all classes of her citizens enjoyed the same fortune of the country. In light of the prosperity that Canada had at the turn of the century there are many facts that can be argued that this prosperity was centerd to a limited and…

Due to recent criminal fire arm attacks in Canada and North America, such as the Parliament Hill shooting on October 22, 2014, the debate about gun laws and restrictions has become a hot issue among Canadian citizens. Unfortunately, there are those who hold to the extremes on each end of the spectrum. Some, for example, will hold that if guns have little restrictions, our society will turn out to be some spaghetti-western-like world, while the other holds that if guns are restricted, our society…

Differential Association A man (who will not identify himself) has been the centre of the Ottawa police’s attention after videos where he stayed inside certain buildings after hours without permission were found on youtube. Apparently, it is a new internet trend to make videos where individuals stay in various venues for 24 hours at a time and recording the experience. The perpetrator said that he did these videos because they gave him a rush and because the people love watching them. Police…