Here's how another old Toronto building was preserved for a future TTC station

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After over a decade of construction, the official opening date for the delay-plagued Eglinton Crosstown LRT is still not known, although Metrolinx ...

is still not known, although Metrolinx continues to intermittently provide updates on progress made on some of Line 5's future stations.

As shown in the video, the historic building was carefully demolished in 2016 in a process where individual bricks and facade elements were labelled, catalogued, and stored for later re-assembly in an off-site facility. Here’s why Mount Pleasant, an underground station for the Eglinton Crosstown LRT, looks a little different than some of the others.According to Metrolinx, the future station will have two entrances, including a main entrance with retail space at street level, as well as a secondary entrance located at the northeast corner of Eglinton Avenue and Mount Pleasant Road.

 

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