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Eglinton Connects

Opinion 

Eglinton Connects not all it’s cracked up to be

April 8, 2016May 9, 2018 Town Crier staff Eglinton Connects, Eglinton2020

Eglinton Connects is a sham. The very week Mr. Taranu’s op-ed appeared, the mayor announced the subway could not be extended to Richmond Hill until the relief line is built because the Yonge line is already overcrowded as far north as York Mills.

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Opinion 

The case for funding Eglinton Connects

March 1, 2016August 1, 2017 John Taranu Eglinton Connects, Eglinton2020

Remember Eglinton Connects? Back in 2014, after two years of extensive public consultation, the Eglinton Connects project won unanimous approval from city council and praise from critics and engineers.

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Eglinton Way BIA board chair Maureen Sirois, left, and executive director Monique Drepaul
Business 

BIA plans how to survive Eglinton LRT mess

June 9, 2014March 11, 2020 Ann Ruppenstein Business Improvement Areas, Eglinton Connects, Eglinton Crosstown LRT, Metrolinx

A hip marketing campaign is one of several initiatives the Eglinton Way BIA is planning to keep merchants thriving until the dust settles on Crosstown LRT construction.

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NEWS 

Thumbs down to Tory talk of scrapping Eglinton Connects

May 6, 2014June 20, 2014 Shawn Star Eglinton Connects, Joe Mihevc, John Parker, John Tory, Josh Matlow

Some midtown councillors are not impressed by a plan to cancel Eglinton Connects put forward by mayoral candidate John Tory.

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That was then.

Empringham Hotel 1903
*FEATURED THAT WAS THEN 

From stately hotel to strip club—the Empringham story

November 19, 2020February 6, 2023 Eric McMillan

The Empringham, Danforth or Play Pen — they’re all the same hotel, standing at Danforth and Dawes from the late 1800s into the 1980s.

Queen and Waverley 1903
*FEATURED THAT WAS THEN 

Can you believe this century home still stands at Queen and Waverley?

February 27, 2020March 4, 2020 Eric McMillan
Beltline bridge over Yonge Street ion 1915
*FEATURED THAT WAS THEN 

When horses passed UNDER the Beltline bridge

December 1, 2019February 6, 2020 Eric McMillan
Yonge-Eglinton southeast
*FEATURED THAT WAS THEN 

Now that the Yonge-Eglinton mess has been cleared up (almost)

October 24, 2019October 25, 2019 Eric McMillan

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