[URBAN NOTE] Seven Toronto links: #DoorsOpenTO, Eglinton Crosstown, Lake Ontario, public art

[rfmcdonald]

• Transit Toronto notes that both the Eglinton Crosstown yards and Lower Bay station were open this weekend past for Doors Open. I got to see both!


• Urban Toronto looks at the newly revealed Eglinton Crosstown vehicles.


• blogTO observes the rapid flooding faced not only by the Toronto Islands but by the waterfront generally.


• blogTO reports on the exciting possibility of a ferry connecting Etobicoke, at Humber Bay Shores, to the downtown.


• Building a linear park over the subway trench between Davisville and Eglinton stations in midtown Toronto is an idea that appeals to me. blogTO reports.


• NOW Toronto reports on a slew of original coffee shops around Toronto, including a laundromat hybrid on Dufferin.


• Urban Toronto celebrates the Ron Arad sculpture Safe Hands at One Bloor East.