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Eglinton Connects

Opinion VIEWS 

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 VIEWS 

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. This is now.

Empringham Hotel 1903
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From stately hotel to strip club—the Empringham story

November 19, 2020 Rodger Burnside Comments Off on From stately hotel to strip club—the Empringham story

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

Queen and Waverley 1903
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Can you believe this century home still stands at Queen and Waverley?

February 27, 2020 Rodger Burnside Comments Off on Can you believe this century home still stands at Queen and Waverley?
Beltline bridge over Yonge Street ion 1915
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When horses passed UNDER the Beltline bridge

December 1, 2019 Rodger Burnside Comments Off on When horses passed UNDER the Beltline bridge
Yonge-Eglinton southeast
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Now that the Yonge-Eglinton mess has been cleared up (almost)

October 24, 2019 Rodger Burnside Comments Off on Now that the Yonge-Eglinton mess has been cleared up (almost)
Mt. Pleasant loop being built
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When building transit was simpler at Mt. Pleasant and Eglinton

May 9, 2019 Rodger Burnside Comments Off on When building transit was simpler at Mt. Pleasant and Eglinton
Hay wagons on Yonge Street
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The days of hay wagons and streetcars on Yonge Street

February 1, 2019 Rodger Burnside Comments Off on The days of hay wagons and streetcars on Yonge Street
Avoca bridge being torn down
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The viaduct that brought Moore Park into Toronto

December 1, 2018 Streeter staff Comments Off on The viaduct that brought Moore Park into Toronto

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