W. K. Lis
Superstar
Construction ot Dufferin and Eglinton...
...in 1924. When will construction ever end?
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Construction ot Dufferin and Eglinton...
...in 1924. When will construction ever end?
TheTigerMaster
Superstar
Rob Ford needs to do something about all this construction.
W. K. Lis
Superstar
Roads are for horses.
CityPlaceN1
Senior Member
Great history photos.
salsa
Senior Member
BlogTO - What Eglinton Avenue used to Look like in Toronto
http://www.blogto.com/city/2013/11/what_eglinton_avenue_used_to_look_like_in_toronto/
http://www.blogto.com/city/2013/11/what_eglinton_avenue_used_to_look_like_in_toronto/
TheTigerMaster
Superstar
Rendering of Eglinton East after ECLRT.
[video=youtube;WfMgPhGr0mE]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WfMgPhGr0mE[/video]
Good or no?
[video=youtube;WfMgPhGr0mE]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WfMgPhGr0mE[/video]
Good or no?
ehlow
Senior Member
Rendering of Eglinton East after ECLRT.
Good or no?
Trees are good, especially if they're big enough to provide shade.
ehlow
Senior Member
These days signs of construction have become more visible to those who don't go to the west side of Eglinton:
- At Yonge-Eg, part of the Eg just east of Yonge is closed for the extraction shaft, narrowing to 2 lanes.
- Just east of Bayview, the road is narrowed to 2 lanes with a big construction zone.
The east launch shaft between Brentcliffe & Leslie hasn't narrowed the road much yet, but it seems like major construction there will start next week:
http://thecrosstown.ca/news-media/w...on-east-of-brentcliffe-road-stage-2-road-work
- At Yonge-Eg, part of the Eg just east of Yonge is closed for the extraction shaft, narrowing to 2 lanes.
- Just east of Bayview, the road is narrowed to 2 lanes with a big construction zone.
The east launch shaft between Brentcliffe & Leslie hasn't narrowed the road much yet, but it seems like major construction there will start next week:
http://thecrosstown.ca/news-media/w...on-east-of-brentcliffe-road-stage-2-road-work
howl
Active Member
Rendering of Eglinton East after ECLRT.
[video=youtube;WfMgPhGr0mE]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WfMgPhGr0mE[/video]
Good or no?
It's starting to look like Highway 7.
JayBeeGooner
Active Member
Rendering of Eglinton East after ECLRT.
[video=youtube;WfMgPhGr0mE]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WfMgPhGr0mE[/video]
Good or no?
Awesome. Eglinton is a good corridor for medium density development.
diminutive
Active Member
Rendering of Eglinton East after ECLRT.
[video=youtube;WfMgPhGr0mE]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WfMgPhGr0mE[/video]
Good or no?
It looks good.
It seems like it would be nicer if the bike lanes were located on the sidewalk side of road landscaping, which would give the cyclists a greater feeling of separation from traffic.
That and, not to be pessimistic, but lots of the apparent improvement here is coming from a.)midrise condo development which may or may not happen and b.)a 'green' LRT ROW which I have no confidence in the city to maintain.
W. K. Lis
Superstar
Unfortunately, the trees they put in are saplings. Almost like sticks.
It'll take years, if not a decade, before they could resemble what they should be called, trees.
Unfortunately, the city usually plants dwarf trees, which are actually slow growing trees. It'll take decades before they could become...
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It'll take years, if not a decade, before they could resemble what they should be called, trees.
Unfortunately, the city usually plants dwarf trees, which are actually slow growing trees. It'll take decades before they could become...
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ehlow
Senior Member
At the Eglinton Connects meeting they specifically said they would use big trees with a large canopy cover.
TheTigerMaster
Superstar
Why are they building the launch shafts that far east already? I assumed that the tunnelling would be 1. Mt. Dennis to Allen, 2. Allen to Yonge, 3. Yonge to Laird, 4. Don Mills
TheTigerMaster
Superstar
I agree. Have there been any major development proposals along the route? It could take decades for the development to arrive.
We'll see.