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A temporary deck is being built in front of Eglinton West station to move the TBMs: Eglinton Crosstown LRT: Allen Road Temporary bridge deck on Eglinton West

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Edward said:
What a prime location Eglinton and Bathurst is becoming with easy access to two subways coming in the next few years.
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But subway or LRT are both equally rail transit. I predict that Jane-Finch will be just as sought after once the 2 LRT's are built.
 
Yes, let's take your assumption of transit determinism and rail equivalance a tad further, I am sure running subways to it would make J+F just as sought after, by your logic.

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Conrad Black said:
Jane Finch's standing would certainly improve with a subway station on the corner.
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I really think Finch needs to have a name change. Whenever I hear Finch, to me it has a bad connotation.

Same thing with Dixon Rd. It is Scarlet Road south of Lawrence and then changes to Dixon north of Lawrence (or a bit further north than that). The stretch north of Lawrence and south of Islington has some really nice residential streets intersecting Dixon running west with large lots, many houses have been updated. It was a surprise to see. But again the name Dixon has a bad connotation even if a subway would ever reach it somehow which is never
 
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Tuscani01 said:
I doubt changing the street name would have any effect. People will still refer to it as Finch. Its like Highway 10/Hurontario, or even more relevant:

http://www.blogto.com/city/2007/09/jane-finch_to_be_re-branded_as_university_heights/
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But once the name is changed, including the signs and if it really develops more of an urban vive along with the transit than why not. Rebranding is still not the same. For me, change the name Finch. And besides its not like York University has not been in the news and not in a good way
 
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Palma said:
I really think Finch needs to have a name change. Whenever I hear Finch, to me it has a bad connotation.
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Yeah, I know when I think of Yorkville, I still can't get the image of dirty hippies doing drugs in the street out of my head.
And we all know a name change for the slums of Cabbagetown when they were redeveloped in the 60's solved all of of that neighbourhood's problems!

Perceptions of neighbourhoods change over time. New names will not cause any change that wasn't going to happen anyway.
 
Markster said:
Yeah, I know when I think of Yorkville, I still can't get the image of dirty hippies doing drugs in the street out of my head.
And we all know a name change for the slums of Cabbagetown when they were redeveloped in the 60's solved all of of that neighbourhood's problems!

Perceptions of neighbourhoods change over time. New names will not cause any change that wasn't going to happen anyway.
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True. If the area changes for the better, it will be the babies and toddlers of today that will find it a great place to live.
 
Getting OT - if one needs to have all the if/ands/buts on top of the name change to make the neighbourhood work, it's a pretty clear sign that it is the ifs/ands/buts that are effective, not the name change itself. Otherwise have already provided examples that illustrated that point (Regent Park will be probably be the same).

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