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Originally Posted by Hack&Lube
Chinook (80s) - I believe this is the rectangular open section where the food court was on the 2nd floor (you can see the people seated in the photo). Was this on the end by the 2nd floor Bay Entrance or was it more to the north?
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Yes, that's exactly where it was.
There was a set of escalators right about where the Gap is now on the main floor. At the top of the escalators, if you went right, you'd go into the theatre (later Easy Street). If you went to the left, you'd go into the second floor entrance to Woodward's (later The Bay). If you walked straight ahead, you'd come to the seating area for the food court and that open space to look down to the first floor. From the escalators, if you went ahead and to the right, you'd go into the main food court area. If you went forward and left, you could access the elevators to the Professional Building. The white area on the right side of that photo is where you accessed the Professional Building elevators.
Today, the second floor entrance to The Bay is where that escalator used to be. Sport Chek is where the theatre was. The elevators for the Professional Building are in the same location as they always have been. The food court now is many times larger than the original one, but is in roughly the same location.