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Grabbed some shots earlier today:

I walked past this building yesterday and the ground floor seems to now be a fruits & vegetable market...maybe a pop-up? Unfortunately, I didn't think to snap a pic but it looks nicer than anything that's been there in my memory.

From a few hours ago:

From a few hours ago:

From this afternoon:

From today:

I've typically brought visitors to Toronto along Queen West & upon reaching Spadina told them "we're heading to Chinatown now" as I led them north, so I guess in a way, it's always been a kind of entrance in my mind. Wish we could have a super swanky giant gate across Spadina there... but modern...

I don't know that it matters if we follow one nomenclature rule or another. People get around Tokyo just fine and the names of the stations there can be based on historical districts, random local landmarks, geographical features, etc., many of which may no longer exist. Nor do they hesitate to...

Oooh, it would be nice if we really could get something like that!

From today:

From today:

The pillars are looking a bit more concretey:

And the pillars of Don Valley station are looking a lot more concretey & a little less rebary:

The work on the supports is now visible at street level on Don Mills:

Where the trail branches off from Taylor Creek, it seems they are going to add fencing that will prevent hikers or bikers from accessing the trail on the north side of the river coming from the Don Valley Parkway underpass:

It's too bad the bollards are not still there at Union. We could strictly admonish the engineering students in the city to NOT move them to Yonge as part of their grad year prank. 😉

Sorry, I should have said "all stops from Don Valley to Kennedy" since it's effectively a streetcar on that stretch, but regardless, I recognize it's unrealistic.

I'd be tempted to suggest making some stops "request only" in order to test how often they're actually requested, but with some stops being so close, would we run the risk that people would be hitting the "please stop" button when it might already be challenging to stop?

I went looking & found they're doing some public consultations coming up on April 21st & there's a survey due by May 5th https://www.toronto.ca/community-people/get-involved/public-consultations/infrastructure-projects/yonge-downtown/

Yesterday: