Golden Mile (Toronto, Ontario) | industrial area

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The Golden Mile was one of Canada's first planned "industrial parks". It started in 1941 when GECO opened a munitions factory on the site, in what was then the county far from the city, in order to protect from damage in the event of an explosion. In the post-war era the city purchased the land and a number of buildings from the federal government and turned it into "The Golden Mile", named after the similar development in London. The area had a large number of small factories producing consumer goods.

The Golden Mile Plaza, just west of the parcel of land, opened in 1950 and was visited by Queen Elizabeth II in 1959. The area lost many of its industrial plants, notably the General Motors factory that alternately built Frigidaire equipment, Delco radiators and finally did van assembly before closing in 1993. Today it is largely a collection of box stores and power centres, although many of these have been leaving the area as well.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Mile,_Toronto
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Coordinates:   43°43'31"N   79°17'13"W

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  • Further development has occured in the area. Walmart has opened one of their supercenters; LCBO has opened a store; Cineplex Odeon has a cinema.
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