STC150

Our final instalment in our series on shopping in St. Catharines takes a walk – or drive – over to the Fairview Mall.

The Fairview Mall was a part of a general move in cities across North America towards automobile-focused development, was a fully enclosed, considered an ultra modern shopping experience and one of the first of its kind in Canada.

This week’s STC150 post continues our series on shopping in St. Catharines and moves out of the downtown to the Pen Centre.

This week’s STC150 post looks back at another staple of early 20^th century St. Catharines shopping—the James D. Tait Co.

This week's STC150 post takes a look at McLaren’s Department Store, describe as one of the most modern and thoroughly equipped department stores to be found in Ontario.