thecharioteer
Senior Member
University Avenue cannot be looked at in isolation from Queens Park Crescent. A number of the great "solutions" posted previously involve reducing the number of traffic lanes (let's avoid the "war on cars" discussion). If we ever wanted to re-position U of T/Queens Park back to the original concept of pavilions in a park, we would have to address the highways known as Queens Park Crescent, both West and East. I would support a slight widening of QPC East to allow for the elimination of QPC West, thereby allowing a re-integration of the Campus and Queens Park. Traffic flow would be similar to what Avenue Road does around UCC. I would also eliminate Wellesley as a vehicular street behind the Legislature (as well as the parking lot).
Queens Park Crescent looking north from the park towards Bloor:
1915 map:
Old entrance to U of T from Queens Park:
Today:
U of T's masterplan which mitigates some of the impact of QPC West:
Queens Park Crescent looking north from the park towards Bloor:
1915 map:
Old entrance to U of T from Queens Park:
Today:
U of T's masterplan which mitigates some of the impact of QPC West:
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