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Dan416 said:
I could live with Bloor-Dundas. If they hadn't cobbled Dundas together to make it continuous, that part of the street would be Roncesvalles. I wonder if it was on pre-Dundas maps?
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Bloor-Dundas sounds just as bad. Bloor-Dundas West would be slightly better. With the lack of a better non-hyphenated name, I'd just call it Dundas West - as it's near where both the GO lines crosses Dundas West.

Personally I dislike the Sheppard-Yonge thing. At least Bloor and Yonge have separate signage on the platforms (which is surely the precedent).

Dundas was there long before Roncesvalles as far as I know. I don't see any references to it before the 1850s, while Dundas dates to the 18th century. And originally it terminated at Ossington and Queen. I'm not quite sure how straight it was back then - I can't find a decent map since before 1884, which is after Roncesvalles was built.

Edit - here's an 1851 map. Dundas was called "Dundas Road". Obviously some straightening over the years - but Ossington never went north of Dundas.

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nfitz said:
Bloor-Dundas sounds just as bad. Bloor-Dundas West would be slightly better. With the lack of a better non-hyphenated name, I'd just call it Dundas West - as it's near where both the GO lines crosses Dundas West.

Personally I dislike the Sheppard-Yonge thing. At least Bloor and Yonge have separate signage on the platforms (which is surely the precedent).

Dundas was there long before Roncesvalles as far as I know. I don't see any references to it before the 1850s, while Dundas dates to the 18th century. And originally it terminated at Ossington and Queen. I'm not quite sure how straight it was back then - I can't find a decent map since before 1884, which is after Roncesvalles was built.

Edit - here's an 1851 map. Dundas was called "Dundas Road". Obviously some straightening over the years - but Ossington never went north of Dundas.

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Ossington from Dundas to Queen, was originally Dundas.
 
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Ossington from Dundas to Queen, was originally Dundas.
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Yes - long before anyone though of Ossington! You can see it you the map I posted above - coming out exactly where Ossington does today, opposite the asylum!

For a period of time, the original Dundas was still Dundas - and the new Dundas extension to downtown was also Dundas! With Ossington stopping a the intersection of Dundas, Dundas, and Dundas! :)

The street numbering must have been painful - especially as it looks like just north of Dundas/Dundas/Dundas is 7 Ossington. At some point it became 253 Ossington ... I wonder how many years they were walking back and forth with each others mail. :)

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By 1890s, the eastern leg of Dundas was shown as Arthur from the intersection - before being renamed back to Dundas in the 20th century. But who knows how accurate these thing were.

There's a sign of similar vintage I can see out my window on the side of a neighbour's house - and it still has our street mis-spelled!
 
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vic said:
There's already a Bloor-Dundas GO station, except they named it "Kipling". 😛
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It could easily be "Six Points."

Just so long as Line 2 extension doesn't lead to a station named " Kip District". Lamest district/condo brand name ever.

Naming the Bloor-Roncy station "Junction" would be close enough, especially since the bus to the Junction proper connects there.

- Paul
 
vic said:
There's already a Bloor-Dundas GO station, except they named it "Kipling". 😛
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nfitz said:
Oh good god ... yes. Well that's a very good reason not to call it Bloor-Dundas! :)
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And why at least that small north-south part of Dundas St W should also be renamed, most logically to Roncesvalles.
If you type "Bloor and Dundas" into a map app, there's a 50% chance it shows you the wrong one of the two different intersections. Whenever a radio traffic report mentions a problem at "Bloor and Dundas", I have never heard them specify which one they're talking about.

I knew someone who lived in one of the Crossways towers (2350 and 2360 Dundas St W), and delivery people would commonly see a cross-street listed as Bloor St W, and call to say something like "Your street number address I have here must be incorrect. I'm on Dundas near Bloor, and the numbers are in the 5000s, not the 2000s".
I hadn't thought about it, but hopefully fire, police, etc., responders have enough familiarity with the city to avoid the confusion.

Tourists also get confused by there being two different (and not close to each other) 'Dundas' TTC subway stations, and similarly the Bloor GO/UPX and Bloor TTC subway stations.
 
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crs1026 said:
It could easily be "Six Points."

Just so long as Line 2 extension doesn't lead to a station named " Kip District". Lamest district/condo brand name ever.

Naming the Bloor-Roncy station "Junction" would be close enough, especially since the bus to the Junction proper connects there.

- Paul
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I like Junction, but it sounds like it's missing something. How about Toronto Junction, to go along with Toronto Union, Toronto Exhibition and Toronto Harbour on the GO regional rail network?

Maybe the subway station could be called Junction and the GO station called Toronto Junction, similarly to how there's Union subway station and Toronto Union Via station.
 
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I like Junction, but it sounds like it's missing something. How about Toronto Junction, to go along with Toronto Union, Toronto Exhibition and Toronto Harbour on the GO regional rail network?

Maybe the subway station could be called Junction and the GO station called Toronto Junction, similarly to how there's Union subway station and Toronto Union Via station.
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Well, historically it's West Toronto or West Toronto Junction (to the northwest) and the area on the east side of the rail station north of Bloor is the Junction Triangle.

Locals have traditionally referred to "The Junction" - which most precisely refers to the Dundas/Keele intersection and the business district along Dundas from Dupont to about Runnymede.

If you wanted to be artsy/Metrolinkish you could invent a name like Wallace Commons.

There is also the proximity to indigenous pathways whose names deserve to be blended in eventually (e.g. Jane/Eglinton or Jane/Bloor could easily be named Teaiagon or even Carrying Place, rather than having a second Jane Station)

- Paul
 
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