nfitz
Superstar
Oh, that one is growing on my. My issue is Aga Khan Park & Museum, which is just too long. Just call it Aga Khan - it's not like there are any other Aga Khan's around to create confusion ...
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BurlOak
Senior Member
Steve X
Senior Member
First, it's Cedarvale not Cederville.
Second, TTC is also renaming Downsview to Sheppard West. Are people going to get confused. Yes. Will people get use to it, probably or continue calling what they want to call it. That place the Blue Jays play is still called the SkyDome after all.
I'm not supporting the names that Metrolinx put out. They are better off calling it Keele, Dufferin and Bathurst. I'm saying people will get used to it once the LRT is in operation for a few years. Newer generation and immigrants will refer it to those name. The media will use the names. It's not a huge issue at the end of the day. People will shorten stupidly long names.
You look at Hong Long. None of their stations reflect the street that the station is located but instead the neighbourhood like Fairbanks, Forest Hill and Leaside. Naming after a location isn't a terrible idea. Naming after an unknown neighbourhood like Fairbanks sure is.
crs1026
Superstar
'Unknown' is different than 'Forgotten'. There is nothing wrong with reinstating old names that were part of the city's past history, with the goal of ensuring they don't get forgotten a second time. Otherwise, we need to eliminate all official references to Corktown, Leslieville, and some others.....they disappeared from the map in the 1920's or earlier.
But this is one of those topics that will cycle ad nauseum. In the end, people will acclimatise to whatever station name is used. Lost tourists will just ask for directions. The debate may be pointless.
- Paul
Monarch Butterfly
Superstar
The Bay Station is located in the former Village of Yorkville, a former suburb.
Dan416
Senior Member
The Bay Station is located in the former Village of Yorkville, a former suburb.
Yeah that's fine, because Bay is the name and Yorkville underneath is just a handy information.
All the names really irk me, but Eglinton station above all stands out for its stupidity. Whereas the others at least are trying to name the station after a neighborhood, which I don't think works in the Toronto context, but at least it has a reason.
The station names in LA made sense and you knew exactly where you were (e.g. Wilshire/Normandie, Wilshire/Vermont, Wilshire/Western, Hollywood/Western. Why not name the stations after the cross-streets so you know exactly where you are in the context of the city?
Hopkins123
Senior Member
Seeing as there's already a Yonge-Eglinton Centre on-site, I don't see why they couldn't just name the station Yonge-Eglinton. The area is already colloquially known as "Young and Eligible", so I don't think the general public would have an issue with that as a naming convention.
Hopkins123
Senior Member
What's stupider is that the perfectly suitable "Allen" existed as a possible name choice and they chose not to go with the obvious.
TheTigerMaster
Superstar
That neighbourhood is indeed called Yonge-Eglinton. I believe Metrolinx broke their own naming rules by calling it Eglinton.
TheTigerMaster
Superstar
I'm in the "cedarville" area all the time and have never seen that named used to describe the area. Conversely, "Eglinton West"' is used to describe the area between Bathurst and Allen, including "cedarville" quite frequently.
TheTigerMaster
Superstar
Actually, "Eglinton West" is indeed the official place name for the neighbourhood along Eglinton roughly between Oakwood and Bathurst, or Oakwood and Allen. This makes the decision to rename Eglinton West Station all the more puzzling. The original station name follows Metrolinx's guidelines.
salsa
Senior Member
And if they're so worried that duplicate station names will confuse people, they conveniently ignore that there's already a GO station in Scarborough called Eglinton.
Monarch Butterfly
Superstar
There were Grand Trunk/CN and CP train stations (plural) located at Dufferin & Queen. They was named PARKDALE. They closed down by 1977. See link.
If, or rather when, they decide to put in a GO/RER/SmartTrack/DRL station at Dufferin & Queen, should they go with a location name, or return to the original name of Parkdale for it?
Personally, I prefer to see the Parkdale name resurrected.
If, or rather when, they decide to put in a GO/RER/SmartTrack/DRL station at Dufferin & Queen, should they go with a location name, or return to the original name of Parkdale for it?
Personally, I prefer to see the Parkdale name resurrected.
Midtown Urbanist
Superstar
That isn't the same thing as Cedarville though. Parkdale is the name of the neighbourhood and the name that everyone associates that area with.
Forest Hill and Leaside are good station names for the same reason. The only issue with those is that they chose the wrong station to give them those names. It would be like naming a stop at Roncesvalles and Queen as Parkdale.
Forest Hill and Leaside are good station names for the same reason. The only issue with those is that they chose the wrong station to give them those names. It would be like naming a stop at Roncesvalles and Queen as Parkdale.
crs1026
Superstar
Honestly, folks, do a little research before you declare that these place names are unheard of.
http://urbantoronto.ca/news/2010/02/pictorial-history-torontos-cedarvale-neighbourhood
Just because someone born after 1970 has never heard of them means little.
I am a bit disappointed, however, that we have Hakimi and not, for instance, Mirvish. Or Eatonville.
- Paul
http://urbantoronto.ca/news/2010/02/pictorial-history-torontos-cedarvale-neighbourhood
Just because someone born after 1970 has never heard of them means little.
I am a bit disappointed, however, that we have Hakimi and not, for instance, Mirvish. Or Eatonville.
- Paul