Curved glass condo towers rise behind a large shopping mall, with the Civic Centre's clock tower nearby.
What City Centre looks like
is the centre of the district. It is a large shopping mall, the largest in Ontario and the second largest in Canada, with a brick and glass front over a car park. The towers rise close behind, so from the lot the mall is the low base and the glass stands over it.
The complex stands at the northeast corner of Burnhamthorpe Road and Hurontario Street, with six towers. Its twin main towers are curved glass banded with pale balconies. They stand 50 and 56 storeys. The pair is nicknamed the Marilyn Monroe towers for their curves.
The is the city's City Hall, a yellow brick hall with a clock tower over an open concrete plaza. is a lawn of artificial turf with red picnic tables and condo towers rising behind it.
The is a brick building with large window grids at the corner of Living Arts Drive. The stands nearby, with three theatres for the performing arts.
The City Centre Transit Terminal hosts 21 MiWay bus routes and one Züm bus rapid transit route. Most of the newer growth runs west of City Hall along Confederation Parkway, where many towers are under construction. The Exchange District is a four tower development on Burnhamthorpe Road between Confederation Parkway and Hurontario Street.
Shot in City Centre
Enemy, the 2013 film, shot scenes around the Kaneff buildings in the Mississauga Valley part of the City Centre. Its curved Absolute towers also show behind a couple of scenes. Most of the concert scenes in Glitter, the 2001 film, were filmed at the Living Arts Centre. The Living Arts Centre also appears in Slumberland, the 2022 film. The series The Boys was shot there as well. The series The Handmaid's Tale used City Hall. The series Titans filmed at Celebration Square.
Enemy, 2013
Absolute World towers
The curved Absolute towers show in the background of a couple of scenes in Enemy, the 2013 film. The plot places Anthony's apartment in Mississauga. Street View
The Handmaid's Tale
Mississauga Civic Centre
The series The Handmaid's Tale used City Hall. The hall and its clock tower stand over an open concrete plaza. Street View
Titans
Celebration Square
The series Titans filmed at Celebration Square, a public lawn with picnic tables and condo towers behind it. The photograph shows that same lawn. Street View
What City Centre can double for
Metrotown in Burnaby, British Columbia
Metropolis at Metrotown is one of the largest enclosed malls in Canada. The town centre around it is characterised by many high rise commercial and residential buildings. A large enclosed mall beside a cluster of towers is the nearest match to Square One and the condo towers around it. A tight street frame keeps the towers and leaves out the mall's own signage, which would name the real place. Try searching enclosed mall towers now.
Century City's skyscrapers form the skyline along the Westside. Westfield Century City, a shopping mall, sits among its business towers, the same pairing of mall and towers that Square One has. Westfield Century City is an outdoor mall, so a wide shot shows open plazas and flat roofs where Square One has an enclosed glass entrance. Try searching Westside skyscrapers and mall now.
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