Eglinton Crosstown: Jane’s Walk

May 1, 2017 GTA Weekly Eglinton Crosstown, Public Transit 0

Eglinton crosstown Jane's Walk
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The annual Jane’s Walk takes place on the first weekend of May, and has grown to over 200 cities and 1,500 walks around the world. Over the past few years, the Eglinton Crosstown LRT Community Relations Team has both participated in and led Jane’s Walks in communities along Eglinton.

Building on the interest and success of our past walks, the Community Relations Team is presenting an expanded five part Jane’s Walk program in 2017 that will give participants a complete view of the 15 underground stations for the Eglinton Crosstown LRT. The program will include five walks, all focused on the planning, design and construction of the LRT project, and also exploring the challenges of building a major transit line through the centre of the city.

Each two-hour walk will cover approximately two kilometres of the alignment.

Please join us to learn more about the Crosstown Project!

Walk 1: Mount Dennis to Caledonia 

Time: 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

Meeting point: South West corner of Weston Road and Eglinton Avenue West

Themes: Kodak Building, Energy, Maintenance & Storage Facility, West Portal and elevated guideway

Walk 2: Yonge to Leaside


Time: 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

Meeting Point: North West corner of Yonge Street and Eglinton Avenue – Outside of the Yonge Eglinton Center, near the raised platform.

Themes: Extracting the TBM’s, Building an Interchange Station, Preserving Local Heritage

Walk 3: Fairbank to Forest Hill

Time: 1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.

Meeting point: West Community Relations Office 1848 Eglinton Avenue West

Themes: How We Can Support Local Business, Building an Interchange Station, Local Eglinton History

Walk 4: Laird to Science Centre

Time: 1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.

Meeting Point: Outside Starbucks at Laird


Theme: Brentcliffe Road Launch Shaft, Building Science Centre Station, LRT on the Surface

Walk 5: Chaplin to Avenue

Time: 3:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.

Meeting point: North East corner Gilgorm Road and Eglinton Avenue West

Themes: Eglinton Connects Planning Study, Building in an Urban Environment, Preserving Heritage
  

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