The original YORKDALE layout, circa-1964. Anchor stores fronted on dramatic, 3-storey court areas, each with its own balcony bistro. The shopping hub was adjacent to an initial section of the Spadina ["Spuh-diy-nuh"] Expressway, which would open to traffic in December 1966.

YORKDALE CENTRE TENANTS 1964:

EATON'S (with beauty salon and Vista Restaurant) / SIMPSON'S (with beauty salon and Court Restaurant) / DOMINION supermarket / S.S. KRESGE 5 & 10 (with luncheonette) / American Standard Showroom / Anjene Shops / Bally (Dolcis) Shoes / Bank of Nova Scotia / Bata Shoes / Beauchamp & How / Bellisario Shoe Service / Birks Jewellers / Bonny Castle Travel Agency / Braemar of Yorkdale / Calderone Shoes / Cameron-Jeffries / Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce / Coleman's Delicatessen / Coles Book Store / Coles Sport Shop / Collyer Shoes / Danforth Radio Company / Diana Sweets Restaurant / Doherty Roadhouse & McCuaig Brothers / Driftwood Gift Shop / Eastern & Chartered Trust Company / Eddie Black's Camera Shop / Eglinton Fine Foods / Evangeline Shops ladies' wear / Fairweather Company ladies' wear / Fifth Avenue Dress Shops / Folino's Barber Shop / Gainsborough Kitchens / Grand Rambler / Grand & Toy / Holt Renfrew & Company apparel / Household Finance Corporation of Canada / Hunts Bakery / Imports Boutique / Jack Frazer Stores men's & boy's wear / Johnny Shapiro Men's Shop / Jordan Wines / Junior Swank Shop / Laura Secord Candy Shops / Lighting Unlimited / Mac's Dairy Bar / Maher Shoes / Maynard's Candy / Maynard's-The Canadian Collection / Miss Tina & Mr. Tom Shoes / Modernage Furniture / Modern Miss Hairstylists / Pennington's Large Size Shop / Peoples Credit Jewellers / Plaza Drug (with luncheonette) / Public Auditorium (lower level) / Reitman's ladies' wear / Russill Hardware Company / Sayer's Records / Singer Sewing Centre / Smitty's Pancake House / Stephanie's Ladies' Wear / Style Leather Goods / Superior Finance / Textile Town / The Bagel King Bakery / The Business Girl / The Hub Meat Market / The May Company / The Noshery "Encore" Restaurant / Tip Top Fine Meat Market / Tip Top Tailors / Togs & Toys / Toronto-Dominion Bank / Town & Country Shops ladies' wear / Town Shoe Salon / Toy World / Triton Centres / United Cigar Stores / Stanley Walker's / W. H. Smith & Son Booksellers / Yorkdale Auto Specialties / Yorkdale Florists / Yorkdale Optical Centre / Yorkdale Theatres: The Yorkdale - The Cinema (lower level) / Young World Girl's Shop   

NORTH MALL MEZZANINE:
Equitable Life of Canada / Yorkdale Executive Offices