sixrings
Senior Member
Ehhh.. Spadina Expressway? No one wants a expressway near them, even when expressways were in vogue. .
respectfully disagree... Yonge and Sheppard has exploded because its on yonge but equally critical its directly beside the 401... And even though there are two subways there it sure looks like the 401 has gotten much busier since all the development has happened. Makes me think that those condos translated to more drivers then Subway riders... Yonge and Lawrence or Yonge and Eglinton hasnt scene the development that Yonge and Sheppard has.. The 401 surely has something to do with this. MCC is also seeing a huge redevelopment. Guess what? its right beside a highway. Or how about all those townhouses near the Garidner from HighPark all the way to Islington... Sure the Park has something to do with it... proximity has something to do with it.. But surely the highway has something to do with it... People realize they will probably be forced to drive in toronto and as a result a highway close to home is seen as being a luxury to many people... Its no different then how other people think proximity to a subway station is important or to others in a walkable community... Anyways long story short, there is a good number of people who would like to live near a highway.. The people though that live between Eglinton and Front where the spadina expressway would have run, I would guess would not be the people who would find this accesability a bonus to their neighbourhood... Instead they are more likely to be transit users or walkers...