Front Street (Toronto)
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Front Street is an east-west road in downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The street marks the rough outline of the shoreline of Lake Ontario as it existed during the original English settlement of York. The current shoreline is about 800m south as much of the inner harbour was filled in the late 19th and early 20th century for industrial development.
Famous sites that are located on Front Street include the Fairmont Royal York and Union Station. Metro Toronto Convention Centre is located at 255 Front Street West. 151 Front Street West is a carrier hotel that houses more than 100 telecommunications companies, as well as the Toronto Internet Exchange.
The street begins at the foot of the Bayview Extension in the east and ends at Bathurst Street in the west.
[edit] Front Street extension
A proposal to extend Front Street was made in 1999 as part of the Waterfront Regeneration plan. The plan would extend the road west to Dufferin Street, adding connections to the Gardiner Expressway. The proposed extension is supported by local councillor Joe Pantalone but is opposed by local residents who fear an influx of traffic into the Parkdale area.
Two local entrepreneurs Fred Dominelli and Dale Martin purchased some land on the extension's route for $280,000 and stand to make a profit of nearly $7 million which is now the cost required to expropriate the land. The entire cost of the extension, once estimated at $120 million, has now grown to $245 million.
[edit] Crossroad connections
- Bayview Avenue
- Parliament Street
- Sherbourne Street
- Jarvis Street
- Yonge Street
- Bay Street
- York Street
- Spadina Avenue
- Bathurst Street
[edit] External links
- City of Toronto's Front Street Extension web page
- front¢re - Citizens to Stop the Front Street Extension
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| North-South streets: | Albion • Avenue • Browns • Bathurst • Bay • Bayview • Birchmount • Bridle Path • Brimley • Broadview • De Grassi • Don Mills • Dufferin • Homewood • Islington • Jane • John • Keele • Kennedy • Kipling • Leslie • Markham • McCaul • McCowan • Morningside • Oakwood • Palmerston • Roncesvalles • Spadina • University • Vaughan • Victoria Park • Warden • Weston • Woodbine • Yonge |
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| East-West streets: | Bloor • Carlton • College • Danforth • Dundas • Eglinton • Ellesmere • Finch • Front • Gerrard • King • Kingston • Lake Shore • Lawrence • Parkwoods Village • Pemberton • Queen West • Queen's Quay • Queensway • Sheppard • St.Clair • Steeles • Wilson • York Mills | |
| Expressways and highways: | 2A • 27 • 400 • 401 • 404 • 427 • Allen Road • Black Creek Drive • Don Valley Parkway • Gardiner | |
| Defunct expressways: | Crosstown • Richview • Spadina Expressway • Scarborough Expressway | |
