Columns in Queens Quay

Inside the Queens Quay Terminal mall on Toronto's waterfront. I think this used to be a big old industrial warehouse (possibly a mail sorting centre or something?), and I guess they wanted to open up the space a little but couldn't tear the columns out without the whole building falling down around their ears.

From Wikimedia Commons (Art Deco › Art Deco by country › Art Deco architecture by country › Art Deco architecture in Canada › Art Deco architecture in Ontario › Queen's Quay Terminal). By Loozrboy from Toronto, Canada. CC BY-SA 2.0.