Yorkdale Subway Station Easier Access (Arc En Ciel Reinstallation)

[drum118]

If one cross over on the surface to the GO Terminal, its accessibly to the mall, as well the mall new east entrance.

I agree that the current walkway needs to be scrap and replace with a wider one that have ramps at both ends in place of stairs.

 

[yrt+viva=1system]

Is the Arc en Ciel Re-installation still on the books or has that fallen off?

 

[EastYorkTTCFan]

Where are these accessible entrances into the mall and how does one get there from the subway?

The closest one to the subway is just after the entrance to the new parking garages added when Nordstrom was built. Alos the one to Nordstrom is accessible too,

 

[Northern Light]

Is the Arc en Ciel Re-installation still on the books or has that fallen off?

Contract to the artist has been awarded!

 

[PMT]

Oxford Properties wants to buy the pedestrian bridge connecting the mall and the subway station: http://app.toronto.ca/tmmis/viewAgendaItemHistory.do?item=2018.NY31.27

 

[Johnny Au]

Oxford Properties wants to buy the pedestrian bridge connecting the mall and the subway station: http://app.toronto.ca/tmmis/viewAgendaItemHistory.do?item=2018.NY31.27

Oxford should go further and pay for the operating costs of the Arc En Ciel installation in exchange for advertising rights within the station.

 

[Northern Light]

Oxford should go further and pay for the operating costs of the Arc En Ciel installation in exchange for advertising rights within the station.

Nice idea, though the TTC has already sold those rights for the next while.

 

[Northern Light]

Oxford Properties wants to buy the pedestrian bridge connecting the mall and the subway station: http://app.toronto.ca/tmmis/viewAgendaItemHistory.do?item=2018.NY31.27

I think UT should get credit for nagging them into this!

Lots of folks here have expressed exasperation over the bridge, its ownership and the need for improvement.

I think the terms here should be cash for the bridge, but instead an agreement to replace the whole connection w/something that had adequate capacity, universal accessibility, strong aesthetics and air conditioning in the summer!

 

[muller877]

I think UT should get credit for nagging them into this!

Lots of folks here have expressed exasperation over the bridge, its ownership and the need for improvement.

I think the terms here should be cash for the bridge, but instead an agreement to replace the whole connection w/something that had adequate capacity, universal accessibility, strong aesthetics and air conditioning in the summer!

I'm sure they would but would also widen the bridge and add kiosks/shops. You could have a Starbucks right over Yorkdale Rd (which I personally think is a good thing)

 

[Skeezix]

[...] air conditioning in the summer!

This. If I had to, I would sacrifice aesthetics for air conditioning. So tired of how crossing the bridge is like walking through the world's worst greenhouse.

 

[PMT]

Transportation Services and Real Estate Services is requesting City Council's authority to sell the Pedestrian Bridge and North York Community Council's authority to enter into an Encroachment Agreement with Oxford Properties with respect to the Pedestrian Bridge and related entrance connections.

Link: https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2018/ny/bgrd/backgroundfile-117309.pdf

 

[Cobra]

Arc en ciel being installed

https://twitter.com/JoshColle/status/1052919763708588034?s=19

 

[APTA-2048]

These are presumably the LED strips. Really excited this is going ahead!

 

[jallan71]

Whatever happened here? Anything at all? It's been almost a year....

 

[Johnny Au]

Whatever happened here? Anything at all? It's been almost a year....

Gateway Newstands at Yorkdale station is gone. To be fair, there's one inside the mall itself not far from the station entrance.