Westwood Theatre

[2][3] When built, the Westwood property was 13.8 acres (5.6 hectares), mainly consisting of a large parking lot.

As an independent city before amalgamation, Etobicoke's city hall, and other civic buildings occupied a campus on The West Mall that was only conveniently reached by car, a site which has continued post-amalgamation as a civic and community centre.

However, its new civic centre is proposed to be moved to this former Westwood site, within walking distance of the Kipling and Islington subway stations.

According to local cinema historian Doug Taylor, author of Toronto Theaters and the Golden Age of the Silver Screen, the theatre's design was "utilitarian", even though it had been designed by architectural firm Kaplan and Sprachman, which had specialized in designing many of Canada's art deco cinemas.

[4][5] As originally built, the Westwood had a single auditorium, seating 1,000 patrons.