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Canadian Aeroplanes

1916 establishments in OntarioAviation history of CanadaCanadian companies established in 1916Defunct aircraft manufacturers of CanadaFormer defence companies of Canada
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Hydroplanes Manufacturers Naval Aircraft Factory F 5 BUILDING AEROPLANES FOR MILITARY USE. Hull of F 5 flying boat under construction in plant of Canadian Aeroplanes Ltd., Toronto, Canada NARA 31484834
Hydroplanes Manufacturers Naval Aircraft Factory F 5 BUILDING AEROPLANES FOR MILITARY USE. Hull of F 5 flying boat under construction in plant of Canadian Aeroplanes Ltd., Toronto, Canada NARA 31484834

Canadian Aeroplanes Ltd. was an aircraft manufacturing company located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada that built aircraft for the Royal Flying Corps Canada during the First World War. Formed on December 15, 1916, when the Imperial Munitions Board bought the Curtiss (Canada) aircraft operation in Toronto (opened in 1916 as Toronto Curtiss Aeroplanes) at a 6-acre facility at 1244 Dufferin Street south of Dupont Avenue in April 1917.The public company was run by Sir Frank Wilton Baillie, an industrialist and financier.Canadian Aeroplanes Ltd. manufactured the JN-4(Can) Canuck (1200), the Felixstowe F5L flying boat (30), and the Avro 504.The plant remained opened until after the Armistice and was sold to Columbia Graphophone Company Limited in 1919. After 1924 it was sold to Dodge Brothers Canada Limited as a car assembly plant till 1928.The industrial site was re-developed in the 1970s as the Galleria Shopping Centre and Wallace-Emerson Community Centre. The south side of the property is lined with homes.

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Hydroplanes Manufacturers Naval Aircraft Factory F 5 BUILDING AEROPLANES FOR MILITARY USE. Hull of F 5 flying boat under construction in plant of Canadian Aeroplanes Ltd., Toronto, Canada NARA 31484834
Hydroplanes Manufacturers Naval Aircraft Factory F 5 BUILDING AEROPLANES FOR MILITARY USE. Hull of F 5 flying boat under construction in plant of Canadian Aeroplanes Ltd., Toronto, Canada NARA 31484834
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Galleria Shopping Centre (Toronto)

The Galleria Shopping Centre (more commonly known as Galleria Mall) is a shopping centre located at Dufferin and Dupont streets in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. As it is in process of being demolished, only half of the building remains. The shopping centre was a single storey, enclosed (one of only three enclosed shopping centres in the former City of Toronto), and had approximately 50 tenants. It opened in 1972 and had an area of 21,124 m2 (227,380 sq ft). In August 2015 the mall was sold to Freed Developments and ELAD Canada. In September 2019, ELAD took control of the entire project. The site is now undergoing redevelopment.The stores that remain in the portion of the mall left standing include FreshCo supermarket (formerly Price Chopper), Rexall, Planet Fitness, TD Bank, and PetValu. For about two decades the mall was home to a Zellers discount department store. The standalone McDonald's immediately adjacent to Dufferin Street is actually an outparcel tenant of the centre; it will be demolished as well. Planet Fitness announced the opening of a 20,000-square-foot (1,900 m2) gym and fitness centre at the mall in December 2014. It was their first Canadian location.The mall had faced concerns over store closures, depressed footfall, and outdated decor with questions raised over its viability. Shari Kasman made two photobooks about the mall: “Galleria: The Mall That Time Forgot” (2018) and an abridged version called “Goodbye, Galleria” (2019).