Chinatown Centre is one of Toronto’s more interesting malls, located south of Dundas at 222 Spadina Ave. Though it replaced a much-loved outdoor Chinese garden, it is a busy place inside, full of DVD shops, cellphone accessory boutiques and other, more hard-to-categorize businesses. Unfortunately the white façade is perpetually dirty and the large open courtyard — a space that could be Chinatown’s public square — is an unhappy, treeless and often garbage-strewn area, a missed opportunity in one of Toronto’s busiest neighbourhoods. To see its potential, go inside and find the original Chinatown Centre architectural model on display, complete with trees, crowds of miniature people and open second-floor patios.

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