Cherry Street, Toronto
Cherry Street is a north-south roadway in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Toronto's only two lift-bridges are on Cherry Street, a smaller one where it crosses the Keating Channel and a larger one where it crosses the channel to the turning basin. Its northern terminus is at Eastern Avenue. A co-linear street named Sumach Street continues north. Cherry Street crosses Front Street, Mill Street, Lake shore Boulevard, Commissioners Street and Unwin Avenue. After crossing Unwin Cherry Street continues another 200 meters south to Cherry Beach, where it turns east and runs parallel to the beach for another 200 meters.
According to The Canadian Entomologist Cherry Street, between Unwin Avenue and the Keating Channel was the first recorded site of termite infestation in Ontario.[1][2]
In 2012 the Toronto Transit Commission started to construct the first segment of a new streetcar line beside Cherry Street, from King Street 700 metres south to Lake Shore Boulevard.[3][4] This initial segment is projected to cost $90 million CAD. Original plans called for the line to extend further south into redeveloped portlands. That extension pushed the budget for the line to $300 million CAD.
References
- ↑ F. A. Urquhart (1953). "The Introduction of the Termite into Ontario". The Canadian Entomologist. http://pubs.esc-sec.ca/doi/abs/10.4039/Ent85292-8?journalCode=ent. Retrieved 2012-03-13. "the termite was introduced into Ontario from the United States between the years 1935 and 1938, and that the point of introduction was in the vicinity of Cherry Street between Keating and Unwin Avenue on the ..."
- ↑ C. S. Kirby (1965). "The Distribution of Termites in Ontario after 25 Years". The Canadian Entomologist. http://pubs.esc-sec.ca/doi/abs/10.4039/Ent85292-8?journalCode=ent. Retrieved 2012-03-13.
- ↑ Adrian Morrow (2012-05-25). "A tiny perfect streetcar line is being laid along Cherry Street". Globe and Mail. https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/toronto/a-tiny-perfect-streetcar-line-is-being-laid-along-cherry-street/article4204584/. Retrieved 2012-07-19. "There’s a new streetcar line under construction in Toronto, the first in more than a decade and a surprising development during the tenure of a mayor who is outspokenly opposed to light rail."
- ↑ Tess Kalinowski (2007-12-11). "Transit-first street plan hailed". Toronto Star. http://www.thestar.com/article/284368. Retrieved 2012-07-19. "Unlike Toronto's other streetcar routes, which traditionally run in mixed traffic and board passengers from platforms in the middle of the road, the Cherry St. plan calls for putting all the transit on the east side of the street, running in two directions, with a tree-lined platform separating it from other traffic." "Two figures incorrect in Cherry St. transit plan". Toronto Star. 2007-12-12. http://www.thestar.com/article/284806. Retrieved 2012-07-19. "The transitway envisioned for this section is 700 metres."
