02-03-2021, 06:05 PM
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The mall in Camrose feels very old school
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02-03-2021, 06:16 PM
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#23
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Crash and Bang Winger
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Canadian Airlines Saddledome
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Haha, you pals are the best. Thanks for the excellent suggestions. I will be scoping these out at some point.
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02-03-2021, 06:16 PM
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#24
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Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Barthelona
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Can't believe Eau Claire hasn't been mentioned yet
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That's all 90s postmodern
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02-03-2021, 06:23 PM
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#25
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Why not just go to West Edmonton Mall? The whole city is stuck in the 80s.
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02-03-2021, 08:14 PM
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#26
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First Line Centre
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Originally Posted by undercoverbrother
I haven't been to the mall in Deer Ridge (has the Co-Op in it), but that might fit your needs
Deer Ridge Dr & Canyon Meadows SE
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Its not a mall anymore. Renovated to be all parking facing with no inside "mall" anymore.
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02-03-2021, 09:01 PM
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First Line Centre
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Beddington Mall is fairly ghetto... Northland is far more upscale by comparison! I'm curious about Brentwood... literally haven't stepped foot inside for about 20yrs. I agree w/ DoubleF about Banff having some real sketchy areas, some downstairs areas of mini-malls along main Banff Ave (maybe that place that does the fudge?).
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02-03-2021, 09:38 PM
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#28
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Originally Posted by RichieRich
Beddington Mall is fairly ghetto... Northland is far more upscale by comparison! I'm curious about Brentwood... literally haven't stepped foot inside for about 20yrs. I agree w/ DoubleF about Banff having some real sketchy areas, some downstairs areas of mini-malls along main Banff Ave (maybe that place that does the fudge?).
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I don’t think I’ve ever heard the word sketchy used to describe Banff before, perhaps rustic would be a more suitable term? 
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02-03-2021, 09:52 PM
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#29
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First Line Centre
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Can you book a children's birthday party at the 17 Ave McDonald's? That would be a great 60s diner backdrop.
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02-03-2021, 09:53 PM
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#30
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First Line Centre
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Originally Posted by RichieRich
Beddington Mall is fairly ghetto... Northland is far more upscale by comparison! I'm curious about Brentwood... literally haven't stepped foot inside for about 20yrs. I agree w/ DoubleF about Banff having some real sketchy areas, some downstairs areas of mini-malls along main Banff Ave (maybe that place that does the fudge?).
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Brentwood Mall had been renovated about 7 or 8 years ago. Mostly big box furniture stores nowadays.
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02-03-2021, 10:05 PM
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#31
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Crash and Bang Winger
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It was bulldozed and reconstructed a few years back. Rockin place now.
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Originally Posted by undercoverbrother
I haven't been to the mall in Deer Ridge (has the Co-Op in it), but that might fit your needs
Deer Ridge Dr & Canyon Meadows SE
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02-03-2021, 10:40 PM
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#32
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Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Hyperbole Chamber
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Anyone know if Deer Ridge mall was turned into a strip mall?
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02-03-2021, 11:14 PM
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Macleod Mall?
When I was in high school my crush worked at Woolco.
She used to wear tight red jeans.
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02-03-2021, 11:23 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Calgary
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I'd say North Hill and Westbrook; any women's clothing store with the proprietors name as the same of the store (”Brenda's”) is a good bet. McLeod Mall and Deer Valley were of similar ilk.
But there is a relic of old malls in Calgary in a very specific spot. The starwell and hallway down in Chinook Centre to where the bowling alley entrance is.
Untouched since the 60s when it built it seems, original floors and walls and ceilings and fixtures; an overall ambience as to what Chinook was in the entire mall up until the late 80s.
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02-03-2021, 11:29 PM
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^^^ I remember that stairwell lol.
In addition to the bowling alley in the basement there was a library.
The rental shoes at the bowling alley left a lot to be desired.
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02-03-2021, 11:34 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Calgary
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Originally Posted by RichieRich
I agree w/ DoubleF about Banff having some real sketchy areas, some downstairs areas of mini-malls along main Banff Ave (maybe that place that does the fudge?).
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That Sundance Mall. There is still the tiny tiny sports card shop down there. Was a bar down there as well but not so sure anymore, along with a revolving door of stores over the last couple decades.
Sketchy may not be the right word, but dark and dated for sure.
Many of those buildings have basements that were functional because they needed to be to utilize space, and newer development or redevelopment just wasn't and isn't allowed on that part of Banff Ave. So to with the malls that stretch from Banff Ave all the way back to the back alley as well. There's a couple bars no longer around that are in basements. The 5 ft high ceilings in the basement of the Bay, etc.
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02-04-2021, 12:22 AM
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Not a casual user
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: A simple man leading a complicated life....
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Originally Posted by Manhattanboy
^^^ I remember that stairwell lol.
In addition to the bowling alley in the basement there was a library.
The rental shoes at the bowling alley left a lot to be desired.
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Plus a barber shop where I used to get haircuts as a youth.
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02-04-2021, 08:19 AM
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#38
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: 55...Can you see us now?
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Originally Posted by New Era
Why not just go to West Edmonton Mall? The whole city is stuck in the 80s.
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Head downtown for that 60s Communist concrete block feel too!
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02-04-2021, 08:22 AM
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Crash and Bang Winger
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Canadian Airlines Saddledome
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Originally Posted by lazypucker
Can you book a children's birthday party at the 17 Ave McDonald's? That would be a great 60s diner backdrop.
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Let the record show that I had an adult McDonald’s birthday party at Cold Garden in October 2019. I had a legit kids one in the Glenmore Landing McDonald’s in the early 90’s. Thought it would be fun to bring it back, adult style. Birthdays are kind of ridiculous as an adult, and I like to embrace that. My wife and I went all out, getting a bunch of McDonalds pins and Happy Meal toys from Crossroads Market. The Grimace and Hamburglar pins went fast among my friends. On an unrelated note, McNuggets and IPA’s are a lethal combination...
I’ve been checking out these malls on Google. I’m familiar with most of the Calgary ones but there’s some nice surprises. That mall in Camrose is wild! Of everywhere I’ve looked at, it’s the closest to what I want. That movie theatre!! As someone who grew up right by Chinook Mall in the 90’s, these posts are giving me a chuckle. I have a musical side project (surfy garage rock) that I’m calling Easy Street as an ode to the arcade. Thanks again for all your posts. Really grateful for this community. I can’t believe I almost posted about this on Facebook instead.
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02-04-2021, 08:26 AM
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#40
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That Crazy Guy at the Bus Stop
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Springfield Penitentiary
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Dafuq....So retro gaming has made a place like Tramps viable again.
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Tramps went out of business long ago and rightfully so. No chance they'd be viable today.
Video Game Traders has probably been around longer than tramps and has specialized in video games the entire time. This isn't a new revelation.
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