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20160622. An aerial view of Toronto Union Station’s historic exposed train shed steel structure.
Progress on the train shed has stalled as the future electrification of Go Transit trains will require either modifying the overhead wiring system to fit under the shed, lowering the floor or raising the roof with the latter being the worst case scenario as it involves considerable cost and harming the historic steel structure.
20150812. A conduit for commuters and an empty gangway of lights at Toronto’s closing GO Transit Bay Concourse.
20150811. The fancy drop ceilings and old school way-finding signage are history at Toronto’s Union Station GO Transit Bay Concourse.
20150810. Fluorescent lights span Toronto’s Union Station GO Transit Bay Concourse, closing for renovations after 37 years.
20150208. New and old contrast vividly in Toronto’s Regent Park during the demolition of its 2nd last modernist tower.
20140821. Now choose from 28 doors when entering the Union Station subway or underground PATH system in Toronto. Minimal Aesthetic 39.
Alternate Caption: 20140821. Pigeons use the subway too.
If you are taking the Yonge line, enter from the east doors (farthest) and if you are taking the University line, enter from the west doors (closest). What concerns me is if you want to go into the underground PATH, you must come through the west doors or you will be met by a bank of 17 turnstiles where once you could just walk through.
20140401. A aerial view of Union Station and its glass atrium under construction. Architect Tariq El-Khatib, Zeidler Partnership Architects.
