St. Laurent Shopping Centre - Page 10

Harley613 · #**181** Posted **Nov 26, 2014, 8:07 PM**

It's a real pity they didn't open the wave back up with some new skylights in the reno...Mind you, when they do expand it will probably be a second floor where the wave is now as they had planned many many years ago.

Harley613 · #**182** Posted **Nov 26, 2014, 10:55 PM**

I just went and checked it out...you can see up in the wave from the holes down the main hallway. It's an ENORMOUS space but it's full of structural steel so they could never open it up fully.

borninthe70s · #**183** Posted **Nov 27, 2014, 5:43 AM**

I think the wave makes sense when you see what the layout of the mall was like when it first opened.

c_speed3108 · #**184** Posted **Nov 27, 2014, 6:06 PM**

Here are two pictures of the mall showing the roof detail. It formed a grand walkway between the two department stores:

Way back near the start - in the 70's:

https://www.facebook.com/stlaurentcentre...&size=1688%2C1182&fbid=10152258587991984

after the addition of the south wing, but before the new Bay store was built.

https://www.facebook.com/stlaurentcentre...&size=2048%2C1349&fbid=10152444582501984

borninthe70s · #**185** Posted **Nov 27, 2014, 7:15 PM**

Interesting that the round restaurant wasn't yet built in that first pic.

drawarc · #**186** Posted **Nov 27, 2014, 7:18 PM**

Cool pics. If they add 2nd floor, they should somehow try to keep the roof, such a neat architectural feature.

Here's old mall map from Ottawa Citizen in 1985, showing old alignment between Sears and The Bay.
http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=1NYyAAAAIBAJ&sjid=r-8FAAAAIBAJ&pg=4826%2C408659

Acajack · #**187** Posted **Nov 27, 2014, 9:45 PM**

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Originally Posted by borninthe70s

Interesting that the round restaurant wasn't yet built in that first pic.

What was in the round restaurant again? It was on the Queensway side wasn't it?

borninthe70s · #**188** Posted **Nov 27, 2014, 10:37 PM**

The round building (queensway side) is still there but buried among the sea of additions. It used to be the Steak n' Burger when I was a kid.

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Originally Posted by Acajack

What was in the round restaurant again? It was on the Queensway side wasn't it?

Acajack · #**189** Posted **Nov 28, 2014, 1:54 PM**

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Originally Posted by borninthe70s

The round building (queensway side) is still there but buried among the sea of additions. It used to be the Steak n' Burger when I was a kid.

That's it!

c_speed3108 · #**190** Posted **Nov 28, 2014, 1:56 PM**

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Originally Posted by borninthe70s

The round building (queensway side) is still there but buried among the sea of additions. It used to be the Steak n' Burger when I was a kid.

It dates back to the era when malls had "the mall restaurant" rather than the food courts (filled with iffy fast food) we have now.

borninthe70s · #**191** Posted **Nov 28, 2014, 2:17 PM**

Here's a pic to get an idea of what the high ceilings used to look like.

https://fbcdn-sphotos-a-a.akamaihd.net/h...52285206081984_6895279055681775627_n.jpg

DEWLine · #**192** Posted **Dec 16, 2014, 1:51 PM**

Wondering if there was a mould issue resulting from skylight leakage?

DEWLine · #**193** Posted **Dec 16, 2014, 1:52 PM**

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Originally Posted by borninthe70s

Here's a pic to get an idea of what the high ceilings used to look like.

https://fbcdn-sphotos-a-a.akamaihd.net/h...52285206081984_6895279055681775627_n.jpg

Now there's a window to an earlier architecture era!

borninthe70s · #**194** Posted **Dec 17, 2014, 5:33 AM**

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Originally Posted by DEWLine

Wondering if there was a mould issue resulting from skylight leakage?

Probably asbestos too at some point that had to be removed which is maybe why they had to tear out the original sculpted ceillings years ago. It's a shame that they replaced it with a much lower generic dropped ceilling.

MisterOttawa · #**195** Posted **Dec 20, 2014, 2:15 PM**

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Originally Posted by borninthe70s

The round building (queensway side) is still there but buried among the sea of additions. It used to be the Steak n' Burger when I was a kid.

It was treat to eat at the Steak n' Burger. It was always a tough choice between it and the Ponderosa that was just down the road.

Harley613 · #**196** Posted **Feb 3, 2015, 4:12 AM**

Progress on the centre court as of tonight:

TheGoods · #**197** Posted **Feb 3, 2015, 3:28 PM**

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Originally Posted by Harley613

Progress on the centre court as of tonight:

Hey Harley, I cannot see the image, was it attached?

Ignore my post, not sure how to delete a post, the images came up after a few minutes, I'm guessing my machine is a bit slow.

Harley613 · #**198** Posted **Feb 3, 2015, 3:32 PM**

Dear Mods: A reminder that this should be in Downtown & City of Ottawa and it should be renamed 'St. Laurent Shopping Centre Renovation'

Harley613 · #**199** Posted **Feb 17, 2015, 10:09 PM**

St. Laurent's 'Lipstick on a pig' renovation is coming along. The entrance ways are slowwwwwwly coming together.

1overcosc · #**200** Posted **Feb 25, 2015, 7:14 PM**

Everest College was shut down by the province last week. Wonder who St. Laurent will find to fill in all that space...