stevedean
Active Member
Again with this... where is your proof?Like a cracked foundation slab under Yonge Station box?
Word on the street...
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Sunnyside
Senior Member
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
Senior Member
Once again.....Like a cracked foundation slab under Yonge Station box?
Word on the street...
It's not.
Dan
hawc
Senior Member
Me thinks smallspy knows the real reasons for the delays but can't tell. 
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nfitz
Superstar
What about cracked rings?
smallspy
Senior Member
I can tell you that there are more reasons for the delays than even I know about.Me thinks smallspy knows the real reasons for the delays but can't tell.
It also appears that the date that I was given/expecting just a few short months ago - late March - has already slid.
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
Senior Member
Bro thats more info than whats been released in years
A_Faulty5
New Member
Nope, apparently a sinkhole swallowed up Eglinton station and we just don't know it yet.Like a cracked foundation slab under Yonge Station box?
Word on the street...
Anyway, the wall at Kennedy has been built.
goodcitywhenfinished
Active Member
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
Senior Member
"It doesn't make sense to build a subway along Eglinton, because the Golden Mile doesn't have the density/ ridership to warrant it."
urbantoronto.ca
This cursed transit line is doomed to suffer the same fate as the Scarborough RT.
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.
This cursed transit line is doomed to suffer the same fate as the Scarborough RT.
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innsertnamehere
Superstar
a note that fancy renderings are not real buildings."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.
This cursed transit line is doomed to suffer the same fate as the Scarborough RT.
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
Senior Member
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
Active Member
not really worth comparing the two. the condo market has completely collapsed. NYCC was built at the height of the boom
T3G
Senior Member
What exactly did you think the fate of the Scarborough RT was? Because I see zero parallels whatsoever.
MisterF
Senior Member
NYCC was built over a period of several decades.