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Originally Posted by Mango
I remember Chinook used to be so dark. Perhaps that was a common theme of designs from the 1980s, with the dark brick, but I recall both Chinook and Market Mall had these huge glass columns on the outside and yet you could barely see anything inside.
There was an Easy Street at the top of the escalators on the east side in the middle of Chinook, where I think the food court was, and it was as dark as Schanks is now.
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I think that was more a design aesthetic from the 70s (like how everyone's appliances were those awful yellow, green, and orange colours). The 80s was much more white/off-white and pastel colours. The 80s also saw them putting in higher ceilings and skylights to let in more natural light.
Easy Street replaced the theatre that was originally there. Now, that's where Sport Chek is. The original Chinook food court was right beside it and was so small and sad.
The one food court I remember being even worse was the original one at Southcentre. It was small and dark and the way it was set up, was confusing. From what I remember, the food stands weren't all lined up against the edge with seating in the middle, like most food courts, but they were kind of all stand-alone with the seating scattered around in between, so it was a bit of a maze. Thankfully, that didn't last long and was replaced when they renovated in the mid-80s.