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Bad Rap Week: Searching for Wonder in the Most Boring Mall in Canada

Bad Rap Week: Searching for Wonder in the Most Boring Mall in Canada

Update: 2025-04-301
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Toronto is home to a massive underground mall called the PATH, a labyrinth of hallways with shops, banks, and no fewer than nine Tim Hortons. At 30 kilometers long, it’s the largest underground shopping complex in the world. It's also famously dull. What wonder can be found in a dreary, underground mall? Reporter Elah Feder takes this as a challenge and descends into the PATH to see if she can wring an ounce of wonder from this godforsaken place. Along the way, she ponders the nature of boredom – and confronts some existential questions.
 

All week, we’re collaborating with the great podcast Terrestrials to tell stories about people, places, and animals with bad reputations – and the surprising truths behind them.

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Bad Rap Week: Searching for Wonder in the Most Boring Mall in Canada

Bad Rap Week: Searching for Wonder in the Most Boring Mall in Canada

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