That's exactly what I was thinking. It's totally disconnected from the red brick Victorian buildings. The grey paving stones are fine for the laneways between the new buildings but some effort should have been made to reconnect Markham St. with its past and the Victorian buildings. Sigh.

We waited this long for paving stones from Home Depot?? Just sayin'...

There’s a blaring problem with the Eglinton Crosstown LRT. This is what’s bothering commuters https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/there-s-a-blaring-problem-with-the-eglinton-crosstown-lrt-this-is-what-s-bothering/article_19f12e19-e1c0-4c51-b134-b300d460437d.html Basically, complaints about the...

It looks like there is a driveway on Shaw St. as well for parking (from the renders at least). Dupont entrance likely serves as a pickup/drop-off driveway but might also be a parking entrance, hard to tell from the pics.

On a personal note, my favourite Greek restaurant/hangout - Tzatziki at 873 Pape at the corner of Aldwych - has closed and moved to a new location because of this. Thanks a lot Metrolinx! Lol.. Soon to follow, the adjacent Macchiato Cafe. Both had a lovely patio along Aldwych - to be replaced...

Looking at Google Maps and available land -- if Enercare Centre is 1M sq.ft. that's a pretty big footprint. To the southwest of that, the new hotel and concert venue is to be built which leaves even less available land - the parking lot south of BMO Field. If this thing is really going to be...

Here they go again.... New bearing problem forcing OC Transpo to take some LRT cars out of service https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/new-bearing-issue-forces-some-line-1-vehicles-out-of-service-9.7054679

Weather affecting Ottawa LRT and Montreal REM as well: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto-montreal-ottawa-lrt-winter-snow-9.7047495

Meanwhile.... 3 Metro stations on Montreal's Blue line could be closed for weeks due to safety issues https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/montreal-blue-line-1.7342577

Metrolinx strikes again: Riverdale residents furious over Metrolinx's plan to seize homes Residents say they have to vacate their homes by Nov. 1, 2025 https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/riverdale-residents-furious-with-metrolinx-plan-to-expropriate-homes-1.7299661

Apologies if this was posted elsewhere, but some interesting news: https://globalnews.ca/news/10675060/air-canada-tgv-train-company-bidder-electric-fast-rail-project/

And in other Eglinton Crosstown news... Eglinton to be ripped up for bike lanes after LRT construction https://torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/eglinton-to-be-ripped-up-for-bike-lanes-after-lrt-construction

Not much new, just a recap of the June 27 Mx Board meeting. At least it's finally made it into mainstream media: Report sheds light on beleaguered Eglinton Crosstown LRT’s progress...

https://www.metrolinx.com/en/news/Tunnelling-complete-on-segment-of-Eglinton-Crosstown-West-Extension

I think the design mentality at Metrolinx speaks for itself in statements like this (from the Star article): The balanced cantilever method “accommodates a curved alignment ... We don’t have a lot of those type of structures (in Canada), so people don’t usually see that curved bridge and...