[TJ O'Pootertoot]

Just because the TTC said it, doesn't make it so.

Just because the TTC naming policy says they don't name after malls and that, more specifically, neither of your two examples are named after what you say they are after doesn't make it so. Gotcha!

But if I ask rando people what THEY think it's named after, that's what it actually is Not what the TTC says.
I mean, I knew the area was called Yorkdale but if they don't know that and only know the mall name, that means they know more about why the station is named. I dunno what I was thinking, posting an official policy document when this is all so obvious and from someone who definitely does not have a problem accepting facts.

The same document explicitly says it is the rules for naming subway stations, not bus stops (which are always, literally where they are). Your response?
"Well, I don't believe that!"
Ok, then.

I'm done with this debate.

I've got news for you. There never was a debate. But keep disputing the facts with the thin air, or - to use your own terminology - gaslighting yourself if you like. I tried.

Was is it not Shakespeare who said a rose by any other name smells as sweet? Sure - it was named after the mall. Run with that.
Also, Downsview Chrysler was named after the Downsview subway station. Why not, while we're at it?

What street was Union Station named after?

Did you even read the TTC naming policy above?

 

[ssiguy2]

I rarely come to this thread because, well, what's the point?
I'll check back in a year from now to see how construction is coming along.

 

[Admiral Beez]

I rarely come to this thread because, well, what's the point?
I'll check back in a year from now to see how construction is coming along.

It’s amazing that we first turned earth on this project more than a dozen years ago. By the time the Crosstown is fully in service from Mount Dennis to Kennedy it will be close to thirty years since this project was launched in 2007. And forget about seeing the extension to Renforth being fully in service this decade.

Did we save any time or money by making this a partially above ground and LRT system rather than a fully underground system operating Toronto Rocket rolling stock?

 

[Voltz]

It’s amazing that we first turned earth on this project more than a dozen years ago. Did we save any time or money by making this a partially above ground and LRT system rather than a fully underground system operating Toronto Rocket rolling stock?

The construction was intentionally delayed, we would have had sections opening starting in 2015 in the original plans.

 

[Allandale25]

Just passed by Yonge and Eglinton on the 56 bus. Seems like they still have a lot of work to do still just as a non-construction average member of the public perspective.

 

[cplchanb]

The construction was intentionally delayed, we would have had sections opening starting in 2015 in the original plans.

even now they couldve opened just the above grade sections and maybe turned around at science center.. .ML's insistence to open all at once was a vanity decision that will haunt them.

 

[toronto647]

Not sure if this got posted

Ford government to rename Science Centre subway station in Toronto | Globalnews.ca

The Ontario NDP, which has criticized the move as a "back of the napkin" plan, pointed out that a nearby transit station would have to be renamed if the province pressed forward.

globalnews.ca

 

[RGB_11]

Ha ha, "Dundas-Ryerson Station." Let's celebrate slavery AND residential schools /s

That was 2011. Somehow nobody knew back then.
If they DID make the change back then, a THIRD name change would have been made to match the current school name.

 

[CapitalSeven]

Prior to the recent moral panic over Dundas, I went thirty-five years thinking Dundas Ave. was so called because it ran vaguely in the direction of Dundas Ontario, you know, like Kingston Road in Scarborough or Richmond Road in Ottawa. It's a mystery why so many things were named for someone with nothing to do with Canada, really. We're possibly better off just selling the names to corporate sponsors if cancel culture has gone so far that even Ryerson and Macdonald are villains. How about Deco Labels Crossing?

 

[Allandale25]

Just passed by Yonge and Eglinton on the 56 bus. Seems like they still have a lot of work to do still just as a non-construction average member of the public perspective.

I should note on the way back it looked like they've added the concrete base for the westbound Eglinton Ave lanes west of Yonge St in preparation for the asphalt layer to be added. So I guess that is some progress. Definitely a lot of other sections appear to be still trenches/holes where works are happening to finalize to get everything back to street level. Not the most technical explanation but you get the drift. cc @crs1026 @smallspy @Northern Light

 

[Northern Light]

I should note on the way back it looked like they've added the concrete base for the westbound Eglinton Ave lanes west of Yonge St in preparation for the asphalt layer to be added. So I guess that is some progress. Definitely a lot of other sections appear to be still trenches/holes where works are happening to finalize to get everything back to street level. Not the most technical explanation but you get the drift. cc @crs1026 @smallspy @Northern Light

Last I heard, the working target (faint hope) was to have the station ready for Labour Day.

But @smallspy may have more recent/accurate intel on that.

 

[Sunnyside]

Prior to the recent moral panic over Dundas, I went thirty-five years thinking Dundas Ave. was so called because it ran vaguely in the direction of Dundas Ontario, you know, like Kingston Road in Scarborough or Richmond Road in Ottawa. It's a mystery why so many things were named for someone with nothing to do with Canada, really. We're possibly better off just selling the names to corporate sponsors if cancel culture has gone so far that even Ryerson and Macdonald are villains. How about Deco Labels Crossing?

I think that was the case… Dundas and Bloor were one street, as is explained in Metro 6’s video on the Dundas Streetcar. It was a continuous road to Waterdown/Dundas as highway 5, before it was diverted from the current Bloor/Dundas interchange in etobicoke. It was then connected to the various smaller, winding streets we call Dundas today which were linked up. Bloor then continued seperately into Mississauga now. If the intention was to head to Dundas and name the road after that, I don’t know (Dundas was founded before Hamilton, I believe) but it would make sense.

 

[christiesplits]

Quick question:

Does anyone know what the cost of the Crosstown would have been if it were built as an underground subway (i.e. with Toronto Rocket) versus the current hybrid-underground/street-level LRT? How much of a difference in cost per km? Thanks!

 

[robmausser]

Quick question:

Does anyone know what the cost of the Crosstown would have been if it were built as an underground subway (i.e. with Toronto Rocket) versus the current hybrid-underground/street-level LRT? How much of a difference in cost per km? Thanks!

I believe when Ford wanted to bury the Eastern portion, it was going to cost another $4 billion in 2011 dollars.

Cost of digging a tunnel for the Eglinton crosstown could pose a problem for Rob Ford’s transit plan

From annals of things that shouldn’t be surprising but somehow are at city hall: digging a tunnel for the Eglinton LRT—one that passes under the Don

torontolife.com

 

[ssiguy2]

Last I heard, the working target (faint hope) was to have the station ready for Labour Day.

But @smallspy may have more recent/accurate intel on that.

But the burning question is Labour Day of what year?