[Sunnyside]

While I appreciate your analysis, I'd point out that everything you said is speculative... we are 13 years into a project and don't even have a rough opening date from Metrolinx. It's completely unacceptable on so many levels.

Well, this is moreso in relation to the election. so yes, it is speculative, but we do have a rough idea of where things are; I’m trying to frame this within the political games that are being played anyhow.

The election is a significant point by which Ford will want this line complete, and I’m going as far to say that is worth waiting for. It is based on this assumption that, if an early election is in the cards, then an opening around that time must be too.
I wish I could contribute more about the line in absence of political maneuvers, but since that info doesn’t exist, we have to use politics as a leade where we can.

 

[smallspy]

Like a cracked foundation slab under Yonge Station box?



Word on the street...

Once again.....

It's not.

Dan

 

[hawc]

Me thinks smallspy knows the real reasons for the delays but can't tell.

 

[nfitz]

Once again.....

It's not.

Dan

What about cracked rings?

 

[smallspy]

Me thinks smallspy knows the real reasons for the delays but can't tell.

I can tell you that there are more reasons for the delays than even I know about.

It also appears that the date that I was given/expecting just a few short months ago - late March - has already slid.

What about cracked rings?

Cracked rings are not uncommon and super irritating to deal with, as they lead to water intrusion, but they aren't normally a structural deficiency. I don't know specifically about any cracked ring segments, but they are dealing with water ingress in a couple of spots along the line. But those are pretty normal - they're still dealing with water ingress on the TYSSE 7 years after opening.

Dan

 

[generalcanada]

I can tell you that there are more reasons for the delays than even I know about.

It also appears that the date that I was given/expecting just a few short months ago - late March - has already slid.

Bro thats more info than whats been released in years

 

[A_Faulty5]

Like a cracked foundation slab under Yonge Station box?



Word on the street...

Nope, apparently a sinkhole swallowed up Eglinton station and we just don't know it yet.

Anyway, the wall at Kennedy has been built.

 

[goodcitywhenfinished]

Daoust Lestage Lizotte Stecker creates "kit-of-parts" for Toronto train line

Daoust Lestage Lizotte Stecker has created a modular design system and graphic identity for Toronto's new Eglinton Crosstown light rail train line

www.dezeen.com

Dezeen article with a few new interior shots of stations.

 

[Bojaxs]

"It doesn't make sense to build a subway along Eglinton, because the Golden Mile doesn't have the density/ ridership to warrant it."

Six Towers Ranging 10 to 53 Storeys Proposed on Eglinton East in Golden Mile District | UrbanToronto

Designed by BNKC for Samuel Sarick Ltd, a redevelopment proposal for 1911-1921 Eglinton Avenue East would transform a key site within Scaroborough's Golden Mile, with eight buildings ranging from 10 to 53 storeys, along the Eglinton Line 5 Crosstown LRT.

urbantoronto.ca

This cursed transit line is doomed to suffer the same fate as the Scarborough RT.

 

[innsertnamehere]

"It doesn't make sense to build a subway along Eglinton, because the Golden Mile doesn't have the densitiy/ ridership to warrent it."

Six Towers Ranging 10 to 53 Storeys Proposed on Eglinton East in Golden Mile District | UrbanToronto

Designed by BNKC for Samuel Sarick Ltd, a redevelopment proposal for 1911-1921 Eglinton Avenue East would transform a key site within Scaroborough's Golden Mile, with eight buildings ranging from 10 to 53 storeys, along the Eglinton Line 5 Crosstown LRT.

urbantoronto.ca

This cursed transit line is doomed to suffer the same fate as the Scarborough RT.

a note that fancy renderings are not real buildings.

I'm still generally cautious about the condo market absorbing 53,000+ units in a strip mall in Scarborough.. I suspect buildout of that area will span many, many decades.

 

[Sunnyside]

a note that fancy renderings are not real buildings.

I'm still generally cautious about the condo market absorbing 53,000+ units in a strip mall in Scarborough.. I suspect buildout of that area will span many, many decades.

Im starting to see it as comparable to NYCC. Last I checked, it’s about the same distance to Yonge/ Eglinton by subway/LRT from either, and both areas will end up with similar built forms.

This areas’ certainly different from that part of North York, but it’s also a new community from scratch in a well-located part of Scarborough. Not a lot of precedent for that combo.

So I’d say it depends on how much the market values the newfound accessibility, which is comparable to other built-out nodes, versus its pre-existing context. Did people buy into NYCC primarily for the location? Or the community profile? That might help us answer this.

 

[unrealestate]

Im starting to see it as comparable to NYCC. Last I checked, it’s about the same distance to Yonge/ Eglinton by subway/LRT from either, and both areas will end up with similar built forms.

This areas’ certainly different from that part of North York, but it’s also a new community from scratch in a well-located part of Scarborough. Not a lot of precedent for that combo.

So I’d say it depends on how much the market values the newfound accessibility, which is comparable to other built-out nodes, versus its pre-existing context. Did people buy into NYCC primarily for the location? Or the community profile? That might help us answer this.

not really worth comparing the two. the condo market has completely collapsed. NYCC was built at the height of the boom

 

[T3G]

his cursed transit line is doomed to suffer the same fate as the Scarborough RT

What exactly did you think the fate of the Scarborough RT was? Because I see zero parallels whatsoever.

 

[MisterF]

not really worth comparing the two. the condo market has completely collapsed. NYCC was built at the height of the boom

NYCC was built over a period of several decades.

 

[innsertnamehere]

Im starting to see it as comparable to NYCC. Last I checked, it’s about the same distance to Yonge/ Eglinton by subway/LRT from either, and both areas will end up with similar built forms.

This areas’ certainly different from that part of North York, but it’s also a new community from scratch in a well-located part of Scarborough. Not a lot of precedent for that combo.

So I’d say it depends on how much the market values the newfound accessibility, which is comparable to other built-out nodes, versus its pre-existing context. Did people buy into NYCC primarily for the location? Or the community profile? That might help us answer this.

not really worth comparing the two. the condo market has completely collapsed. NYCC was built at the height of the boom

The difference is that NYCC is also an important employment centre in itself and is also located within one of the most desirable and central areas of the city.

Golden Mile has far less employment, is not as central, will be a significantly longer transit ride to downtown, and is in a far less desirable area of the city.

No doubt the Golden Mile will slowly buildout, and I'm sure many of the landowners will start construction on their first phases soonish.. but the densities contemplated are remarkable.

As a comparator.. NYCC currently has around 28,000 residential units between the 401 and the Finch Hydro Corridor, according to census data. Golden Mile is, through active applications, at about 53,000. So literally double the density. It's reasonable to be skeptical.