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  • A relic from a bygone age. I always find it difficult to reconcile my memories of past venues and experiences as a child with what I see as an adult. I used to visit Rockwood all the time with my family. We'd always make a day out of it, stopping in at the Burger King at the corner of Burnhamthorpe/Dixie, going in to the TD Canada Bank, sometimes stopping at the chinese buffet restaurant inside that always seemed slighlty off. Rockwood continues to exist as a weird time capsule from the 90's, so much so that I could see it being featured in an episode of Dan Bell's "Dead Mall" series on Youtube. The stores on the outside of the mall belie the original layout, framework and decorations that remain inside, a monument to a different time period. Walking through this mall again recently was surreal. Lots of mom-and-pop stores are still there, with the requisite "ugly neon" signs and high-priced goods. The original chairs and tables in the food court are still present, and it seems that the place becomes a hangout for seniors from the Polish neighborhood around the area at lunch time. The Burger King is still as trashy as ever. Likewise, the Food Basics has seen better days, and Chuck E Cheese (the place where I first remember celebrating my birthday) is still on-site, though you couldn't pay me enough to voluntarily step inside that place. For all that, though, Rockwood retains a weird sort of charm. It's kind of quaint to go in and see a mall that never really got with the times, made up of patchwork additions to its exterior. The newer anchor stores like Homesense and RONA exist side-by-side with long-running businesses like the sports bar at the corner of the mall and the aforementioned TD and Burger King. The mall certainly has a lot of selection for those who stop in. It's worth checking out Rockwood, if only because it has a large amount of convenient businesses and there's some interesting history to be glimpsed within its walls.
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