Allen Road/Spadina Subway Urbanization

[scarberiankhatru]

Yeah, that'll happen when Malvern and other sketchy areas of Scarborough are only a drive or short bus ride away.

 

[tempperm]

It's historical factors. Spadina north of St. Clair West was in North York, where council apparently wasn't as willing to rezone stable residential to high-density. It's all about politics.

Rumour is that there's a condo proposal for 770 Lawrence Ave W...personally i don't like it....what with the lawrence heights revitalization.....there 's gonna be enough high density housing in the area......so sad...

 

[borgo100]

they should bury Allen and connect it with the Don Valley, then bury the Gardiner then Bring 400 down to lake shore and bury it as well... maybe even make a underground cross town highway?.. is there such things as a underground interchange?

 

[borgo100]

here i made a map

red = underground

 

[allabootmatt]

...or, we could spend the $10Bn on a decent subway network.

 

[borgo100]

how about both

 

[BobBob]

Sure, but only if we throw in a spaceport on the Island as well.

 

[DENTROBATE54]

Sure, but only if we throw in a spaceport on the Island as well.

Speaking of which when will we ever get a land-link to the Island Airport?

 

[Sir Novelty Fashion]

 

[CDL.TO]

Ha! An original creation, SNF?

Achieving a balance between fanboy optimism and... err... reality can always be a challenge.

 

[junctionist]

here i made a map

red = underground

It would be our Big Dig! And this map would be just the beginning! We could proceed with phase 2 and restore the Don Valley to the 401 by burying the rest of that Parkway. And what about phase 3, the tunnels for the 427 and even the 401? Etobicoke and North York could use some tunnels too you know. All the while, the new subway lines will be built. It's practically guaranteed once the city finds some oil lands or precious mineral sites. Because we all know that Christie Pits was just the beginning.

 

[urbandreamer]

How about a huge tunnel (on stilts--think huge tube a few metres below water) running from Hamilton to Oshawa under Lake Ontario? A few exits along the way of course.

 

[AlvinofDiaspar]

Proposal from Zeidler Partnership:

http://www.zrpa.com/articles/2007-10-30_Allen_Road/Densification_of_the_Downsview_Line.pdf

Quite frankly, the single detached housing beside the station should be expropriated and released for densificaiton.

AoD

 

[CDL.TO]

Looks pretty good to me. I wonder if it's financially feasible.

 

[RedRocket191]

Looks pretty good to me. I wonder if it's financially feasible.

I wonder if its NIMBYstically feasible/