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EDITORIAL: The best kind of transit

April 25, 2014June 20, 2014 Eric McMillan LRT, transit, walking

Midtown Toronto has grown into a wonderful part of the city where single-family homes, highrise and lowrise apartments, and commercial enterprises co-exist in cohesive communities.

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EDITORIAL: Another new old vision for transit still needed

January 30, 2014 Town Crier staff Editorial, LRT, Toronto Transit Commission

Little-known mayoralty candidate David Soknacki has suddenly taken centre stage by laying out a provocative transit platform.

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NEWS 

Local jobs on Eglinton light rail?

January 27, 2014 Town Crier staff LRT

The next stage in building the Eglinton Crosstown LRT has begun, with financing and maintenance of the line, its tracks and 25 stations, as well as the signaling and communications network.

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Underground river no threat to LRT

November 12, 2013 Town Crier staff Infrastructure, LRT, Metrolinx

Concerned at all about water issues affecting the Eglinton Crosstown LRT project at Bayview Avenue? Both the city and the province have advice: Don’t be.

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Bike lanes to be part of Eglinton LRT plan?

November 5, 2013 Town Crier staff bike lanes, LRT, Metrolinx

When the Eglinton Crosstown LRT project is complete in 2020, it might be more than just a faster route for transit users.

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How can we pay for it?

October 23, 2012 Town Crier staff city hall, funding, Josh Matlow, LRT, Metrolinx, Paul Bedford, Steve Munro, subway, taxes, Toronto Transit Commission, transit

Options for sustainable revenue for transit expansion and operation discussed at town hall meeting

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NEWS 

OneCity, we hardly knew you

July 12, 2012 Town Crier staff bus, city hall, David Shiner, Glenn De Baeremaeker, Joe Mihevc, Karen Stintz, LRT, OneCity, Peter Milczyn, subway, Toronto Transit Commission, transit, Transit City

Ambitious transit plan scrapped by council before it could leave the station

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The new transit map?

July 10, 2012 Town Crier staff bus, LRT, OneCity, subway, Toronto Transit Commission, transit, Transit City

What the TTC would look like if OneCity is approved and built

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NEWS 

OneCity has support in Don Mills

July 10, 2012 Town Crier staff bus, Don Mills Residents Association, Jaye Robinson, John Parker, LRT, OneCity, subway, Terry Mills, Toronto Transit Commission, transit, Transit City

Mix of LRT and subway called just right for community

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Province says no to OneCity

June 29, 2012 Town Crier staff bus, Glenn De Baeremaeker, James Pasternak, Jaye Robinson, John Parker, Karen Stintz, LRT, OneCity, Paula Fletcher, Sarah Doucette, subway, Toronto Transit Commission, transit, Transit City

Minister of Transportation cites commitment to existing LRT program as the reason

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Old look preferred for new LRT station

May 1, 2012 Town Crier staff Anna Pace, Chaplin LRT Sation, community consultations, construction, Josh Matlow, LRT, LRT Station Design, planning, St. Paul's, Toronto Transit Commission

Chaplin residents like publicly shown plans but want to save firehall facade

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LRT/Subway robocalls a mystery

March 29, 2012 Town Crier staff Josh Matlow, LRT, Rob Ford, Robocalls, subways, Toronto Transit Commission, transit

Call urged citizens to punish councillors for their vote

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Mayor calls Sheppard transit report 'hogwash'

March 16, 2012 Town Crier staff bus, Karen Stintz, LRT, protest, Rob Ford, Sheppard Station, streetcar, subway, Subways Are For Everyone, Toronto Transit Commission

Even before a report recommending light rail transit for Sheppard Avenue was released, Mayor Rob Ford was dismissing it as “hogwash.”

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Mayor makes stop at Sheppard demo

March 16, 2012 Town Crier staff bus, LRT, Norm Kelly, protest, Rob Ford, Shelley Carroll, Sheppard Station, streetcar, subway, Subways Are For Everyone, Toronto Transit Commission

A group of pro-subway residents got a political boost when Mayor Rob Ford showed up at their rush-hour rally.

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LRT opponents attack in North Toronto

February 29, 2012 Town Crier staff city council, funding, Josh Matlow, Karen Stintz, LRT, Rob Ford, subway, Toronto Transit Commission, transit

Expected Eglinton LRT update meeting turns into a heated discussion of subways vs. LRTs

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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, 2020May 5, 2021 Eric McMillan

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
*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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