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Encyclopedia > Eglinton West

Eglinton West, also known as Little Jamaica, is a retail section of Toronto, Canada situated along Eglinton Avenue West from Caledonia Road to Keele Street. It is located in the former borough of York. Eglinton Avenue is an east-west throughfare in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. ... Keele Street is a north-south road running from Bloor Street to the Holland Marsh. ... York is a very diverse and vibrant community in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. ...


There are a large number of Jamaican businesses along this strip. There are also businesses of other communities from the Caribbean. Surrounding communities such as Oakwood - Vaughan are culturally diverse and contain a large Jamaican population. West Indian redirects here. ... Oakwood - Vaughan is a neighbourhood in the city of Toronto, Ontario, Canada bordered by Eglinton Avenue to the north, Dufferin Street to the west, St. ...


The businesses along Eglinton Avenue West are frequented by many in the Greater Toronto Area's 200,000-plus Jamaican community. Eglinton Avenue is an east-west throughfare in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...


This area is part of the York-Eglinton Business Improvement Area which stretches from Marlee Avenue in the east, to Chamberlain Avenue in the West (just west of Dufferin Street). A business improvement district (BID) (also known as a special improvement district or a business improvement area) is a public/private sector partnership in which property and business owners of a defined area elect to make a collective contribution to the maintenance, development and marketing/promotion of their commercial district. ...


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Transit Toronto - Content: Eglinton Station - Toronto's Former Suburban Gateway (3775 words)
Eglinton station was no longer a suburban gateway, but the centrepiece of a growing commercial and residential core located in the very centre in a large and dynamic city.
At the west end of the station, the last cross-passage, for unloading from platform 9, doubled as an alternate exit from the station, with a set of exit turnstiles by the foot of the unloading stairs.
Eglinton station underwent renovations then; its original entrance, having been built into Canada Square as intended, was then closed and a new entrance built at the north end of the concourse.
Eglinton West (TTC) at AllExperts (236 words)
Eglinton West is a station on the Yonge-University Spadina line of the subway system in Toronto, Canada.
Eglinton West station had been planned to be an interchange station as part of the Eglinton subway project.
The project was cancelled in 1995 after a change in provincial government, and the small amount of tunnel that had been dug under the station was refilled.
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