It appears Bayview Ave. is hardly worth mentioning as far as our Metrolinx station-naming brains are concerned. The LRT station at Eglinton Ave. E. and Bayview will see the name Leaside ace out Bayview, according to naming plans so far. Leaside is a historic name and will no doubt please many.
MT PLEASANT
There could be little dispute with this name for the pretty little former bank building that will be the station at this important street. The Second Cup is now gone and those who have a special appreciation of the 1920s Bank of Commerce building are hoping it doesn’t lose the graceful Palladian front door in renovations.
WHY NOT COWBELL?
Why does this important transportation junction need a boring name like Eglinton (current choice) or Yonge. Why not a local name rooted in the 19th Century? No dozy straphanger will daydream his way past Cowbell station. Just to the east of Yonge is the Salvation Army North Toronto Citadel which will be expropriated for an LRT exit. It sits on Cowbell Lane, a sweet name hearkening to the time farm kids could hear the cattle being herded home from grazing on the then non-existent Eglinton Ave.
LAIRD
Laird is certainly the safest bet for the station at this intersection It remembers one of the executives of the Canadian Northern Railway Eastern Line that created Leaside. It will be a heck of a hike to the reaches of the homes on Aerodrome Crescent because there is no station at Brentcliffe.
SUNNYBROOK PARK
This station in the valley was to be called Leslie and some will no doubt prefer that. Other stations to the east are set to be named after important institutions like the Science Centre and the Aga Khan Museum. Then there will be Wynford, Bermondsey, Wexford (which is really Victoria Park) Pharmacy, Lebovic, Golden Mile, Birchmount, Ionview and Kennedy Some people have bitterly criticized the choice of Wexford over Victoria Park. Still, Wexford places the station better on a very long street.
