Tag Archives: subway
20150127. The length of Toronto’s subway stations is made apparent at Warden.
20140105. Dirty vent covers and bright barriers in contrasting yellows at Lawrence West station. Minimal Aesthetic 46
20150104. A south view of Toronto’s Lawrence West subway station. Opened in 1978 in the median of Allen Road, it remains impressive.
Dunlop Farrow Aitken Architects.
For a north view of the station, go to http://vikpahwa.com/uncategorized/photo-20121027-lawrence-west-station-and-allen-road-from-one-bridge-south/
20150101. With the new year upon us, it’s time for a little perspective. Happy 2015 and thanks for looking!
20141031. Entering Rochester’s abandoned subway (closed 1956), built in a former Erie Canal.
20140914. Windows on the world at the Toronto TTC Castle Frank subway station bus platform.
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.
20140819. Sections of the TTC’s new Union Station platform (Toronto) are quite wide but very, very white.
Apologies for suggesting the entire platform was narrow. Will this platform change from white to grey over time from subway train grime?
20140818. Finally, the TTC’s Union Station (Toronto) has its second, albeit narrow, platform.
The new platform services trains heading northbound on the Yonge line. Note: a) the wayfinding signage above the train (similar to stations to the north), b) the ceiling panels that snap in/out of place allowing easy access for servicing, c) the exposed concrete floors and d) the matte wall tiles with the occasion glossy ones thrown in.
20140522. Waiting for a bus on TTC’s modernist Finch subway station bus platform (Toronto, c.1974).
20140320. Great architecture outside Dupont subway station at night (Toronto).
20140307. Rosedale subway station in Toronto is a fine example of modernist architecture (c.1954, Architect John B. Parkin).
20140304. The curved glass roof at Toronto’s Yorkdale Subway Station (c.1978, Architect Arthur Erickson).
The station’s glass roof featured a light installation called “Arc en Ciel” by Michael Hayden that stopped working in the mid-1990s. This installation may be restored with LED lighting.
20140302. The demolition of the TTC Yorkdale commuter lot in Toronto has begun making way for more retail space and a new lot.
20140222. Looking through the glass roof of Queen’s Park subway station’s SW entrance (Toronto).
Queen’s Park subway opened in 1964 and the Ontario Power building in the background was completed in 1976.
20140220. Inside the tunnel linking Queen’s Park subway station and the provincial government buildings.
20140202. TTC’s new Dufferin Station west-side entrance in Toronto.
This design provides a larger space to wait indoors for your bus but the single set of sliding doors and the narrow staircase will act as bottlenecks during rush hour. What do you think of the design?
Photo 20131209. Sound baffling wall under high-pressure sodium lamp light. Minimal Aesthetic #18.
Photo 20131203. New vs. old subway entrances at TTC’s Queen’s Park station, Toronto.
