Lived at Vic Park & Eglinton; window shopped at the mall; got groceries at No Frills and everything else at Walmart; worked at Warden & Eglinton. Moved from the area 10 years ago but it was the most convenient place I have ever lived to get around on foot and by bike. Thank you for this incredible walk down memory lane. :) I enjoyed every nostalgic minute of it.
super interesting walk, I used to live in scarborough the first few years I was in toronto. it's oddly urban suburbia, and is also one of the most over-looked areas of the city. I hope that the improvement of rapid transit etc. helps to alleviate this.
Great video ... I grew up at Birchmount Eglinton in the 60's, In fact the apartment building is still there in your video just a few hundred meters south on Birchmount.
Are used to have a paper route in that apartment building in the 70s I lived in the neighbourhood right there behind those buildings just south of Eglington
Thanks, Johnny! Scarb is huge. This is not a family's walking experience as you noticed. You'll have to pick a residential neighbourhood next time. In the spring, I recommend walking the Meadoway in Scarborough. Good work as always! Interesting to see what the Eglinton Crosstown construction has done from end to end in the GTA. Can't wait till it's finished.
Thank you Johnny for posting. Yes I remember when the bell tower was constructed. I was working next door to it at Canadian General Electric . Walmart occupies that site now. Happy Memories.
I'm always in the Warden and Eglinton area, I live north of that area. Most of the people that frequent the Golden Mile area live in the Wexford, Dorset Park, Clairlea, Ionview neighbourhoods. As you said, Golden Mile is a commercial area. I think the reason you don't see much foot/car traffic is because of the stay at home order but mostly because the LRT construction has turned Eglinton into a mess. I know I avoid crossing Eglinton at all costs. FYI, Ionview is pronounched (I-en-view), Lebovic is pronounced (Le-bah-vic). You forgot to point out 41 Division at the NE corner of Birchmount and Eglinton. I was laughing so hard at your dismay at the lack of street signs.I guess the city doesn't think they are necessary lol. Also, at Kennedy Station, you were supposed to go down the steps, it would've taken you to where you were at 46:27. Geez, TTC is a mess too with the lack of signage, I hope they see your video and make some changes. You should do a video on the Bluffs or the Rouge, Eglinton Ave makes Scarborough look pretty bad to ppl that aren't familiar with the area.
'I think the reason you don't see much foot/car traffic is because of the stay at home order but mostly because the LRT construction has turned Eglinton into a mess. ' There hasn't been any significant foot traffic in that area in decades. And even in general everytime I drive in Scarborough there's hardly anyone walking even during summertime. The density is relatively low, there's not many stores along streets like Yonge st. has and there's really not anything interesting to see there. This is why I've always said that they should convert those empty, underutilized sidewalks in GTA suburbs that no one uses into dual use pedestrian/bike pathways so that people can have more separated bike infrastructure to use without fearing for their lives trying to share the road with cars that drive pretty fast in the suburbs.
Great video. Thanks for one on Scarborough. I think your experience in not being able to cross the street until the next main intersection says it all. LRTs hinder and do not promote either walking or vehicle traffic when at street level. Memorable places other than the Golden Mile, are the flea market and water tower at Warden/Eglinton. Centennial College location just north of Eglinton @ Warden as well. There are some interesting pockets of restaurants such as Kennedy/Eglinton and the small commercial plaza a Lebovic/Comstock. E..g. Hamish's Kitchen or Affy's.
Hi Johnny! Great video! Love the Scarborough videos, I've lived in Scarborough for most of my life, If you want some good walks, Go to Rouge Go station and walk to Rouge Beach, there's a bridge over the Rouge River that will take you to Pickering. Morningside \ Military Trail is a good walk. The Bluffs is good, Guildwood is very pretty too. Danforth \ Kingston Rd is more urban too. Best burgers in Toronto = Shamrock Burger
My area is Ionview Thanks Johnny. You are doing great job . I watched till the end. When the construction done we can take Line 5 ( Light Rail ) to Kennedy station. So exited . Happy to see you walk around GTA 🤗
Just noticed a new feature on this video. When I move the pointer (cursor) on the red timeline, I now get an approximate location of your walk. Excellent.
This area looks nicer on your camera than on my eyes. Now you will have history in the making as you compare today to 5, 10 years from now. I believe the whole area will be torn down especially Kennedy and Eglinton corners. Further along Eglin ton is much the same style right to Markham Rd. Thanks for the well narrated walk, even though it is such an eye sore.
Wow, I was blown away by what a mess Eglinton Avenue is. Hoping the Crosstown can bring more vibrancy to that area of the city which has long had a rough reputation. Your walk also brought back a lot of memories from my childhood, I used to go to the Supercenter (precursor to the Superstore) where the No Frills now is at Golden Mile Plaza, and there was also a Zellers in there. I got my first PC at Merchants Flea Market back in the 90s. I used to go to a Blockbuster Video at Kennedy and Eglinton, in that plaza where the No Frills & Shoppers Drug Mart is. Kennedy Station hasn't changed a bit, but I notice it is a lot cleaner than I remember it, must be due to the lower traffic volumes thanks to the pandemic or they finally hired good cleaners! Hopefully you will make it up to Lawrence Avenue, though its also quite suburban, there's quite a bit of development occurring in the Birchmount & Lawrence area which was were I spent most of my childhood.
Great video Johnny , it's really nice for us all to see the development going on in this area , much appreciated ....it holds great history ..Thank you....
Down Warden all the way to Kingston Rd. is my childhood neighborhood, Birchcliff. It's not as desolate as Eglinton Ave East. And yes, 70 years ago it was farmland.
This area looks nicer on your camera than on my eyes. Now you will have history in the making as you compare today to 5, 10 years from now. I believe the whole area will be torn down especially Kennedy and Eglinton corners. Further along Eglin ton is much the same style right to Markham Rd. Thanks for the well narrated walk, even though it is such an eye sore. So many businesses closed rather than support by our city just for digging forever.
Thanks for the memories, I grew up at Birchmount and Eglinton from 1964 till I left in 87.I must of walked that route from the Golden mile to Birchmount 1000 times. The Scotia Bank was SKF the ball bearing factory.
Love these cool walks you do. This strip you walked (Vic park to birchmount) along golden mile is planned to be entirely re-developed. Look up the Golden Mile Secondary plan. They are looking to model it to be a more walkable area (think north york along yonge). Cheers!
Thanks for the tour of the Golden Mile. It reminds me of the Bayers Lake area out in the suburbs, with the strip plazas and big box stores. I’m in agreement, I’m not a fan of these types of areas, I only go out to mine occasionally to Costco or IKEA.
I just wonder why it's called the Golden mile? I really enjoy your videos. Nice to see parts of Toronto, Scarborough that I haven't been to. Have you done a walk around the west Toronto diamond area? I do some train watching in that area a few times a year. Just google west Toronto diamond and you will see where it is.
It's called the Golden Mile due to the manufacturing plants that used to be along that stretch of Eglinton Avenue, however, most of them have gone, including the General Motors van plant that used to be at Eglinton and Pharmacy.
I believe at 23.29 is also where the industrial Costco is. It opens at 7 am on Saturday, Never seen such a huge bag of carrots in my life but they had it! 50 lb bag! Please do a guildwood walk you weren't far from there! Would love a winter wonderland guild walk with the lake!
Good old Scarborough...Birchmount! Haha wow. I know all the peeps from Scarborough watching are thinking, of all places to go for a walk, this is the worst possible pick for location lol. But I do appreciate what you're doing Johnny ;) Go for a walk at The Scarborough Bluffs! Much better view! Take Care 🙂
Not the most exciting part of Scarborough but there's a ton of businesses in that area. It's looking like they barely made any progress on the LRT construction in the past few years but at least seeing some tracks being laid shows some reasons to be more optimistic. The amount of construction around Kennedy station can make it confusing to get to the station but good that you were able to get there
It always sucks to see how slow and costly every major project in the GTA is. It takes forever to plan and get approval. It takes forever to start construction and almost every project falls behind schedule and goes over budget and on top of all that you have to hope if there's a change in government that they won't signficantly change the project or just outright cancel it wasting a ton of time, money and effort.
Extending the Eglinton East LRT to Malvern makes sense if you consider that the people of Scarborough have been historically underserved from transit, and that extending the line would serve an additional 50 thousand people as it travels through 7 neighbourhood improvement areas.
woww that was a reely hipp epic walk through that part of eglinton ave east, yaa that scarboro merchant flea market has some good stuff there too, only opened weekends 10-6...including all kinds of cuisine wen i still used to commute tere bfore covid lockdownbullcrap lol, but they permanently have constable station there for sume sketchy reason but its awesume place..yaa u have restaurant name after u stridesto awesume. much luv to scarbaria
Pretty well the whole strip of Eglinton you walked is being redeveloped because of the LRT under construction. Huge changes coming. It will look very different in the next five to ten years.
"If you build it, they will come" as they say. There are already plans to transform the Golden Mile shopping centre into mixed residential/commercial high-rises, not unlike Crosstown at Don Mills/Eglinton. Scarbs is going to transform, but the process will be a bit slower than the rest of TO.
How do you transform an area like this dotted with power centres and malls? You can't very well tear them down... I fear it will always be car centric but I hope I'm proved wrong.
@@JohnnyStrides Yes you can. ...start Not the whole area from there to kennedy station. Most of those big box stores only went in after 2001. They will see that they can get more money by building condos...just factor in online shopping. Its already being done. its called a major transit line that links to main points. Its not downtown but its not far out Mississauga or markham either.
It is interesting how the outlying areas of large cities have all started to look alike. I lived in metro Detroit for many years. This could be a walk in Troy, Michigan or in Downers Grove, Illinois. A few different retailers, to be sure, but such sprawl. Very difficult for pedestrians. I hope Toronto is doing a better job of making sure that the people who work in these areas have decent public transportation. That's a major problem in metro Detroit. People who live in Detroit often work in outlying commercial areas which are difficult to get to without a car.
God no, Its not as bad as those suburban areas in Michigan or near Chicago. But parts of southern ontario and Michigan look very much alike as well as the areas around the Chicago area. Theres a reason why they call it the great lakes region.
At 39:50 there was a small sign about ped access to Kennedy station. Thanks for this fascinating glimpse into Scarborough suburban hellscape lol. It’ll be interesting to see how this can be redeveloped over time.
I would never be good at what you do and several other people wouldn't either I don't know how you come up with all these different places to go and like how long does it take you to travel to different destinations like I said before you're good at what you do
I don't know why they named it O'Connor, although I think they chose not to name it Victoria Park because there is already a station named that on line 2; same reason the current Finch West station wasn't named Finch because there is another one named that.
Scarborough 🥳! At some points you can actually walk faster then the cars on Eglinton. There are some amazing Ethic grocery stores along your walk. It is a pain to walk here during construction. But before and I am sure after it will be a decent walk. This is one of the best areas in the city for ethnic hot tables in grocery stores. Amazing food options in this area. I am at even joking. Certainly an area worth exploring if you are a foodie.
That building does look like a boat, back in the 50s it was the HO of Volkswagen Canada, Across the road where Flea Market is was a British auto Manufacturer I stand to be corrected here, I think it was Mayflower Auto maybe someone else knows for sure. Entire Scarborough and East York was my Playground through the 30s 40s and 50s
@@qwaqwa1960 Thanx, I have to stick with the mid 50s, relating it to my job and sons age at the time. you are likely right I'm getting old😎The Auto Group was called Roots Group. they did not make the Mayflower car. I recalled after post.
I would never go to such an area, people are mostly in cars there, there are practically no passers-by. Thank you fearless Johnny for showing this Golden Mile.
@@cryptoholic5120 Increasing the density and creating a proper built environment (retail that meets the street) would be a massive improvement for this area. I do wish they weren't generic glass boxes but either way intensifying this corridor is the right thing to do.
@@JohnnyStrides I think your right. I do still think you can make these improvements without removing historical buildings or culture embedded in these neighbourhoods, and I think it’s sad that this is happening all over the city, mainly under the facade of “greener areas & better walkability”.
It's amazing how much of the GTA looks exactly the same all throughout. I almost thought I was looking at Dixie and Burnhamthorpe in Mississauga at 28:02
Lived on Lawrence Ave East in the 60,'s then moved out to Oshawa. Now living in Dublin Ireland. Enjoy these nostalgic walks!!
Such a big move!!
Lived at Vic Park & Eglinton; window shopped at the mall; got groceries at No Frills and everything else at Walmart; worked at Warden & Eglinton. Moved from the area 10 years ago but it was the most convenient place I have ever lived to get around on foot and by bike. Thank you for this incredible walk down memory lane. :) I enjoyed every nostalgic minute of it.
super interesting walk, I used to live in scarborough the first few years I was in toronto. it's oddly urban suburbia, and is also one of the most over-looked areas of the city. I hope that the improvement of rapid transit etc. helps to alleviate this.
Great video ... I grew up at Birchmount Eglinton in the 60's, In fact the apartment building is still there in your video just a few hundred meters south on Birchmount.
Are used to have a paper route in that apartment building in the 70s I lived in the neighbourhood right there behind those buildings just south of Eglington
Love this, Thanks for stopping by!
Thank you for sharing our home! Can’t wait until everything is complete !
Thanks, Johnny! Scarb is huge. This is not a family's walking experience as you noticed. You'll have to pick a residential neighbourhood next time. In the spring, I recommend walking the Meadoway in Scarborough. Good work as always! Interesting to see what the Eglinton Crosstown construction has done from end to end in the GTA. Can't wait till it's finished.
My old stumping grounds, when I was kid, teenager. I saw the return of the jedi and star trek lll at the golden mile. Many Memories there!
Oh nice, you're walking outside Downtown Toronto! You should hit Flemingdon Park and Thorncliffe Park area too.
I'm from Scarborough myself ! Looks like a great walk you had :) You should try along Sheppard !
Thank you Johnny for posting. Yes I remember when the bell tower was constructed. I was working next door to it at Canadian General Electric . Walmart occupies that site now. Happy Memories.
I'm always in the Warden and Eglinton area, I live north of that area. Most of the people that frequent the Golden Mile area live in the Wexford, Dorset Park, Clairlea, Ionview neighbourhoods. As you said, Golden Mile is a commercial area.
I think the reason you don't see much foot/car traffic is because of the stay at home order but mostly because the LRT construction has turned Eglinton into a mess. I know I avoid crossing Eglinton at all costs.
FYI, Ionview is pronounched (I-en-view), Lebovic is pronounced (Le-bah-vic). You forgot to point out 41 Division at the NE corner of Birchmount and Eglinton. I was laughing so hard at your dismay at the lack of street signs.I guess the city doesn't think they are necessary lol. Also, at Kennedy Station, you were supposed to go down the steps, it would've taken you to where you were at 46:27. Geez, TTC is a mess too with the lack of signage, I hope they see your video and make some changes.
You should do a video on the Bluffs or the Rouge, Eglinton Ave makes Scarborough look pretty bad to ppl that aren't familiar with the area.
'I think the reason you don't see much foot/car traffic is because of the stay at home order but mostly because the LRT construction has turned Eglinton into a mess. '
There hasn't been any significant foot traffic in that area in decades. And even in general everytime I drive in Scarborough there's hardly anyone walking even during summertime. The density is relatively low, there's not many stores along streets like Yonge st. has and there's really not anything interesting to see there.
This is why I've always said that they should convert those empty, underutilized sidewalks in GTA suburbs that no one uses into dual use pedestrian/bike pathways so that people can have more separated bike infrastructure to use without fearing for their lives trying to share the road with cars that drive pretty fast in the suburbs.
It’s called O’Connor because of the road that crosses diagonally around that point.
& also it already has Victoria Park Station for Line 2, that's why crews didn't want to be confused as a duplicate stations on both lines
Great video. Thanks for one on Scarborough. I think your experience in not being able to cross the street until the next main intersection says it all. LRTs hinder and do not promote either walking or vehicle traffic when at street level. Memorable places other than the Golden Mile, are the flea market and water tower at Warden/Eglinton. Centennial College location just north of Eglinton @ Warden as well. There are some interesting pockets of restaurants such as Kennedy/Eglinton and the small commercial plaza a Lebovic/Comstock. E..g. Hamish's Kitchen or Affy's.
Hi Johnny! Great video! Love the Scarborough videos, I've lived in Scarborough for most of my life, If you want some good walks, Go to Rouge Go station and walk to Rouge Beach, there's a bridge over the Rouge River that will take you to Pickering. Morningside \ Military Trail is a good walk. The Bluffs is good, Guildwood is very pretty too. Danforth \ Kingston Rd is more urban too. Best burgers in Toronto = Shamrock Burger
I second this suggestion!
My area is Ionview Thanks Johnny. You are doing great job . I watched till the end. When the construction done we can take Line 5 ( Light Rail ) to Kennedy station. So exited . Happy to see you walk around GTA 🤗
Just noticed a new feature on this video. When I move the pointer (cursor) on the red timeline, I now get an approximate location of your walk. Excellent.
This area looks nicer on your camera than on my eyes. Now you will have history in the making as you compare today to 5, 10 years from now. I believe the whole area will be torn down especially Kennedy and Eglinton corners. Further along Eglin ton is much the same style right to Markham Rd. Thanks for the well narrated walk, even though it is such an eye sore.
Wow....Toronto in progress growing big..Interesting..Thanks the video Johnny..Like very much🥰
Monday was perfect weather to get outside. Thanks for sharing.
Wow, what a killer video. Very informative, too. Love the added history. Lived by this corner for 26 years, over at Eglinton and Lawrence.
Thanks!
Wow, I was blown away by what a mess Eglinton Avenue is. Hoping the Crosstown can bring more vibrancy to that area of the city which has long had a rough reputation. Your walk also brought back a lot of memories from my childhood, I used to go to the Supercenter (precursor to the Superstore) where the No Frills now is at Golden Mile Plaza, and there was also a Zellers in there. I got my first PC at Merchants Flea Market back in the 90s. I used to go to a Blockbuster Video at Kennedy and Eglinton, in that plaza where the No Frills & Shoppers Drug Mart is. Kennedy Station hasn't changed a bit, but I notice it is a lot cleaner than I remember it, must be due to the lower traffic volumes thanks to the pandemic or they finally hired good cleaners! Hopefully you will make it up to Lawrence Avenue, though its also quite suburban, there's quite a bit of development occurring in the Birchmount & Lawrence area which was were I spent most of my childhood.
Hopefully it comes together once the LRT is done!
13:11 Street on your right is Lebovic Avenue. 13:18 Street on your left is Hakimi Avenue.
I recommend doing a video on Kingston Rd from Danforth Ave to St Clair Ave E, and Kingston Rd from Galloway Rd to Beechgrove Dr.
I have this area on my list!
Great Video. At first you missed the tap in. The way how that station is set up it's easy to miss. 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
The building you weren't sure about is the Toronto east detention center
Amazing Footage! Great Virtual Tour :) 👍👍😊😊 Big Like!
Nice to switch things around! Loved it.
Great video Johnny , it's really nice for us all to see the development going on in this area , much appreciated ....it holds great history ..Thank you....
Down Warden all the way to Kingston Rd. is my childhood neighborhood, Birchcliff. It's not as desolate as Eglinton Ave East. And yes, 70 years ago it was farmland.
Golden Mile was the first movie theatre I went to. I remember when the SW corner of Warden & Eglinton was all factories.
Wow, very interesting. Great work. Keep it up!
Todays a perfect day to do a walk cuz its so bright and white outside with the snow
This area looks nicer on your camera than on my eyes. Now you will have history in the making as you compare today to 5, 10 years from now. I believe the whole area will be torn down especially Kennedy and Eglinton corners. Further along Eglin ton is much the same style right to Markham Rd. Thanks for the well narrated walk, even though it is such an eye sore. So many businesses closed rather than support by our city just for digging forever.
Ahhh yes a scarborough walk! More of these please 😁 (...maybe not this area though lol)
First time i saw you get mixed up a bit. LOL. I am always amazed at how well you navigate each area.
In fairness to me the signs were atrocious lol
Thanks for the memories, I grew up at Birchmount and Eglinton from 1964 till I left in 87.I must of walked that route from the Golden mile to Birchmount 1000 times. The Scotia Bank was SKF the ball bearing factory.
Is Birchmount and Eglinton. A hood
Hi Johnny, 1:58 interesting construction of a bus shelter. Very powerful. Greetings from Warsaw.
Born at and Eglington from1960 until 1980. Been some major changes but what a flashback
Did the same thing when I walked into Kennedy station.yes poor signage. Enjoyed today's walk.
I lived not to far from there Eglinton ave e. & Sloan ave. (Tinder crescent) loved it ( more Scarborough please)
I'll try to get out there more often!
Great area. Remember a library in that area
Love these cool walks you do. This strip you walked (Vic park to birchmount) along golden mile is planned to be entirely re-developed. Look up the Golden Mile Secondary plan. They are looking to model it to be a more walkable area (think north york along yonge). Cheers!
Let's hope they achieve that vision!
Love scarboro walks grew up there ,kingston road and brimley
Great walk Johnny keep up the good work
I thought it’s called O’Connor bec there’s already a Victoria Park subway (Bloor-Danforth Line).
Wow, you were literally a 10 minute drive away from me when you were at Kennedy station 😀
Thanks for the tour of the Golden Mile. It reminds me of the Bayers Lake area out in the suburbs, with the strip plazas and big box stores. I’m in agreement, I’m not a fan of these types of areas, I only go out to mine occasionally to Costco or IKEA.
I just wonder why it's called the Golden mile? I really enjoy your videos. Nice to see parts of Toronto, Scarborough that I haven't been to. Have you done a walk around the west Toronto diamond area? I do some train watching in that area a few times a year. Just google west Toronto diamond and you will see where it is.
It's called the Golden Mile due to the manufacturing plants that used to be along that stretch of Eglinton Avenue, however, most of them have gone, including the General Motors van plant that used to be at Eglinton and Pharmacy.
Thank you!
I believe at 23.29 is also where the industrial Costco is. It opens at 7 am on Saturday, Never seen such a huge bag of carrots in my life but they had it! 50 lb bag! Please do a guildwood walk you weren't far from there! Would love a winter wonderland guild walk with the lake!
Good old Scarborough...Birchmount! Haha wow. I know all the peeps from Scarborough watching are thinking, of all places to go for a walk, this is the worst possible pick for location lol. But I do appreciate what you're doing Johnny ;) Go for a walk at The Scarborough Bluffs! Much better view! Take Care 🙂
Scarborough and Jollibee shoutout from Johnny! Wohoo!
There will be more lol
There was a store called Young Canada in Ellington Square. I worked there in the late 70's. I was in high school then.
Not the most exciting part of Scarborough but there's a ton of businesses in that area. It's looking like they barely made any progress on the LRT construction in the past few years but at least seeing some tracks being laid shows some reasons to be more optimistic. The amount of construction around Kennedy station can make it confusing to get to the station but good that you were able to get there
It always sucks to see how slow and costly every major project in the GTA is. It takes forever to plan and get approval. It takes forever to start construction and almost every project falls behind schedule and goes over budget and on top of all that you have to hope if there's a change in government that they won't signficantly change the project or just outright cancel it wasting a ton of time, money and effort.
Extending the Eglinton East LRT to Malvern makes sense if you consider that the people of Scarborough have been historically underserved from transit, and that extending the line would serve an additional 50 thousand people as it travels through 7 neighbourhood improvement areas.
100% agreed. This should have been part of the plan from the beginning IMO.
@@JohnnyStrides Thank Rob Ford.
woww that was a reely hipp epic walk through that part of eglinton ave east, yaa that scarboro merchant flea market has some good stuff there too, only opened weekends 10-6...including all kinds of cuisine wen i still used to commute tere bfore covid lockdownbullcrap lol, but they permanently have constable station there for sume sketchy reason but its awesume place..yaa u have restaurant name after u stridesto awesume. much luv to scarbaria
Another interesting and enjoyable walk keep going.
Stay safe and well.
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I used to go to that Cineplex, I haven’t been for months.
Pretty well the whole strip of Eglinton you walked is being redeveloped because of the LRT under construction. Huge changes coming. It will look very different in the next five to ten years.
I hope so as well!
what beautiful weather in january in Toronto. I would much rather be there now. It's cold and gray here.
Not today tho. We got dumped with quite a bit of snow
"If you build it, they will come" as they say. There are already plans to transform the Golden Mile shopping centre into mixed residential/commercial high-rises, not unlike Crosstown at Don Mills/Eglinton. Scarbs is going to transform, but the process will be a bit slower than the rest of TO.
How do you transform an area like this dotted with power centres and malls? You can't very well tear them down... I fear it will always be car centric but I hope I'm proved wrong.
The mayor and Planners wanted to start it in 1986, but Loblaws wanted to build a supercentre on the plaza site with 5 miles of parking space.
@@JohnnyStrides
Yes you can. ...start
Not the whole area from there to kennedy station. Most of those big box stores only went in after 2001.
They will see that they can get more money by building condos...just factor in online shopping.
Its already being done. its called a major transit line that links to main points.
Its not downtown but its not far out Mississauga or markham either.
Sup johnny, your in my hood. I just live a few blocks from warden and st clair. Fyi, dolphin gaming is a bingo hall.
I miss my bingo !!
wow this is remind the place i grow up at
It is interesting how the outlying areas of large cities have all started to look alike. I lived in metro Detroit for many years. This could be a walk in Troy, Michigan or in Downers Grove, Illinois. A few different retailers, to be sure, but such sprawl. Very difficult for pedestrians. I hope Toronto is doing a better job of making sure that the people who work in these areas have decent public transportation. That's a major problem in metro Detroit. People who live in Detroit often work in outlying commercial areas which are difficult to get to without a car.
Naw we doing brother the transit is not the best but still very good .. I work in this area .. and live quite a way but only takes me 30 mins by bus
We do I live here
God no, Its not as bad as those suburban areas in Michigan or near Chicago.
But parts of southern ontario and Michigan look very much alike as well as the areas around the Chicago area. Theres a reason why they call it the great lakes region.
At 39:50 there was a small sign about ped access to Kennedy station. Thanks for this fascinating glimpse into Scarborough suburban hellscape lol. It’ll be interesting to see how this can be redeveloped over time.
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I would never be good at what you do and several other people wouldn't either I don't know how you come up with all these different places to go and like how long does it take you to travel to different destinations like I said before you're good at what you do
Love the content! Gave ya a sub
Loved to see Vic park and Lawrence area also known as Wexford community.
I used to work for Scotia bank at that location, it is one of the call centre they owned on birchmount and eglinton.
I don't know why they named it O'Connor, although I think they chose not to name it Victoria Park because there is already a station named that on line 2; same reason the current Finch West station wasn't named Finch because there is another one named that.
Scarborough 🥳! At some points you can actually walk faster then the cars on Eglinton. There are some amazing Ethic grocery stores along your walk. It is a pain to walk here during construction. But before and I am sure after it will be a decent walk. This is one of the best areas in the city for ethnic hot tables in grocery stores. Amazing food options in this area. I am at even joking. Certainly an area worth exploring if you are a foodie.
Love to see more of Scarb ty
I live in Dyker Heights which is in Brooklyn New York we don't have a lockdown here when are you guys coming out of lockdown
I worked at square one when I was 19 Dominion store, I am now 85 and live mere Ottawa, in the woods. My mother worked at GECO making bullets.
My husband has. Been died six years ago and his name is on my new phone, Ruth Orr
The rounded building at Warden was originally in an unusual red brick. Looked quite unique. I called it the Tugboat...
That building does look like a boat, back in the 50s it was the HO of Volkswagen Canada, Across the road where Flea Market is was a British auto Manufacturer
I stand to be corrected here, I think it was Mayflower Auto maybe someone else knows for sure. Entire Scarborough and East York was my Playground through the 30s 40s and 50s
@@sterling5167 Pretty sure the tugboat was built in the mid 70s... VW, yes, that sounds right.
@@qwaqwa1960 Thanx, I have to stick with the mid 50s, relating it to my job and sons age at the time. you are likely right I'm getting old😎The Auto Group was called Roots Group. they did not make the Mayflower car. I recalled after post.
Nice video 👍😎
I would never go to such an area, people are mostly in cars there, there are practically no passers-by. Thank you fearless Johnny for showing this Golden Mile.
Good morning Johnny 🌞
Nice content! Did you film On auto settings?
I did.
Damn a lot has changed here, last time I was here was a few years back.
It's all going to be towers. Just wait.
That would be an improvement...
Johnny Strides throwing up glass condos that we already see everywhere isn’t an improvement in my eyes
@@cryptoholic5120 Increasing the density and creating a proper built environment (retail that meets the street) would be a massive improvement for this area. I do wish they weren't generic glass boxes but either way intensifying this corridor is the right thing to do.
@@JohnnyStrides I think your right. I do still think you can make these improvements without removing historical buildings or culture embedded in these neighbourhoods, and I think it’s sad that this is happening all over the city, mainly under the facade of “greener areas & better walkability”.
I used to work at that G M plant in the sixties ...it is long gone now !
Neat!
use to live their, nice to see another way to reach Ontario Science Centre.
i used to go to this area a lot, haven't been here in a while tho. i actually had no idea this was called "the golden mile!"
Golden mile was a Zellers store
Good morning Toronto how are you good morning John love you videos
Ready to snow here in New York we have snow sleet freezing rain temperature is about 35 degrees Fahrenheit
Good morning.. have a safe good day
I used to workout at that fit4less gym at the golden mile mall pre covid
It's amazing how much of the GTA looks exactly the same all throughout. I almost thought I was looking at Dixie and Burnhamthorpe in Mississauga at 28:02
yup near where my brother lives and works nearby.
i mean tbf, having two stations named victoria park would be confusion unless they named it Victoria Park North Station, which would be a mouthful
Where's the swinging lady?
I don't think he was that far down Eg
@@L4Lxo He was, as soon as he exited bus
Is that birchmount and eglinton place a hood ?
Looks like L.A without the palm trees
The original golden mile was torn down I really liked the original plaza!
That value village used to be the best before covid
Eglinton Ave East looks like a perpetual construction zone and Kennedy Station looks like a disorganized mess. Thanks for the eye opener JS
Hey Johnny may I kindly ask you how old you are due to your looking young!.
You walked by the Toronto East Detention center shoutwest of the birchmount and eglinton intersection and didn't mention it
Yeah, I walk by a lot of things without mentioning them lol... I don't claim to be a tour guide.
@@JohnnyStrides just say youre an ignorant downtowner and move on or do your research before you step on these sides buddy
@@fk-3962 Because I missed one thing? You seem pretty butthurt over absolutely nothing lol
@@JohnnyStrides i didnt like your tone so i had to check you for it
@@fk-3962 lol ok pal