GKW
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Didn't know the platforms went right along underneath to the end of Strathmore Blvd...the second exit to Pape didn't seem like a huge walk away so I was judging it by that
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Yes, it's interesting isn't it. Makes the idea of putting an exit on Dewhurst almost look like a no-brainer.Didn't know the platforms went right along underneath to the end of Strathmore Blvd...the second exit to Pape didn't seem like a huge walk away so I was judging it by that
Yes, cost would be a huge part of this. It's fine to drop $6 billion on a new subway line on Eglinton, all with multiple entrances on Eglinton, but an extra $10 million to put a single Danforth subway entrance on Danforth is fiscally impossible.^ I assume that there are cost implications which might preclude a second entrance on Danforth (also odd to have the main entrance on a side street, and the unstaffed second entrance on Danforth). I suspect it is cheaper to screw over one or two homeowners and expropriate their lots on a side street.
Yes, it's interesting isn't it. Makes the idea of putting an exit on Dewhurst almost look like a no-brainer.
Though they could try something unique, and put an exit to the Danforth subway ... on Danforth. (presumably with a store-front entrance on the street, leading back through to stairs towards the back of the property, heading north to a short tunnel ... but this has been some of the controversy ... that such an entry wouldn't meet a non-existent distance standard that TTC engineering staff lied about and pulled out of their asses in an attempt to strong-arm the community in going with what the TTC wanted to do, rather than do proper community consultation.
Introducing: The Borough, a stylish new gastropub on the Danforth
Toronto Life, 9 October 2014
(Danforth, roughly midway between Greenwood and Coxwell, appears to be across the street from the Wren)
Urbanist Jane Jacobs may never have written about the East Danforth, but after a few long walks on a Toronto strip that was in decline for much of the latter 20th century, she had some pretty firm views on what is needed for revitalization.
According to the Toronto Buildings website, permits have been applied for to renovate 1417 Danforth Ave to accommodate a Starbucks. That's on the SW corner of Danforth and Monarch Park, recently occupied by Top Notch Pizza.
According to the Toronto Buildings website, permits have been applied for to renovate 1417 Danforth Ave to accommodate a Starbucks. That's on the SW corner of Danforth and Monarch Park, recently occupied by Top Notch Pizza.
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