SkyWalk

SkyWalk
The SkyWalk main arcade facing east towards Union Station in 2009, before construction began on the UP Express station.
Coordinates	43°38′39″N 79°23′4″W / 43.64417°N 79.38444°W / 43.64417; -79.38444
Carries	Pedestrians
Locale	Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Maintained by	PATH
Characteristics
Design	Skyway
Total length	approx. 160 metres
History
Opened	1989 (parts are from 1929 and 1931)
Location

The SkyWalk is an approximately 160 metre enclosed walkway connecting Union Station to the CN Tower and the Rogers Centre (SkyDome) in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Part of Toronto's PATH network, the SkyWalk passes above the York Street 'subway' and the Simcoe Street Tunnel and runs roughly parallel between Front Street and Bremner Boulevard.

Designed by the IBI Group,^[1] the SkyWalk was opened in 1989 as a predominantly indoor connection from Union Station to the SkyDome. The primary purpose of the SkyWalk is to reduce the need for additional parking spaces near the stadium by providing a direct transportation link to the subway and GO Transit regional trains. A post-modern curved metal and glass structure, the SkyWalk was the first major construction project in the former railway lands after the CN Tower.^[2]

On 17 July 2014, the Toronto Preservation Board passed a motion recommending that Toronto City Council allow the demolition of the SkyWalk to make way for a 48-storey office and retail tower called Union Centre.^[3]

On 6 June 2015, the Union Pearson Express station was opened within the SkyWalk.