20231023. Art in St. Clair West subway station.
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20221217. A long view of the TTC’s most outdoor station Rosedale (John B. Parkin, 1950). From 2011.
20221120. An attractive TTC traction power substation near Finch Station.
20221025. I am at High.
20220920. Not only do the Ontario Power Building and the TTC Orde transformer substation have power in common, they look good together too.
20220514. Mid-century modern mixed-use. An apartment tower sits above a parking garage and bus terminal.
20220325. The new entrance to Kennedy station and the Eglinton Crosstown is an excellent place to mount a cell tower.
20220109. St. Patrick Station have never looked like this before.
20211129. The glass bubble entrance at Dupont Station now has an elevator companion.
20211125. A brand new road dedicated to Kipling Station passenger pick-up, drop-off and parking has opened opposite Acorn Avenue.
20211122. With both the TTC and Miway now operating buses out of Kipling station, the Islington Station bus terminal will soon be redeveloped.
20211028. Wellesley Station’s second entrance at 17 Dundonald Street is reconstructed nine feet north of the original building shown here in 2015.
20210705. Bridges (and underpasses and overpasses) of July 05. John B. Parkin’s 1966 modern enclosed open spandrel concrete arch bridge brings the subway over the Riverdale Ravine.
20210211. There is a lot of streetcar infrastructure at King and Dufferin. Oh and that’s JW Gouch’s 1913 A.B. Ormsby pressed metal factory showroom in the background.
20210206. With the reconstructed Kipling Station Passenger Pick-up building including a much needed elevator, it no longer has that open feeling of the original building.
20210127. Light-induced diamonds in the subway.
20210125. Glencairn Station has a new skylight system, a reimagination of the original skylight panels by artist Rita Letendre that were removed due to water damage.
20210124. Parking under the overpass at Lawrence East Station.
20200918. The modern curves of Kipling Station, a great example of mid-century expressionist architecture not built in the mid-century.
20200628. The walkway between the TTC and the YRT at Vaughan Metropolitan Centre station is a colourful experience.
20200522. Although the Scarborough Rapid Transit opened at Kennedy station in 1985, it has a mid-century modern space age look.
20200207. Finding beauty at Bathurst Station is as difficult as finding rational people in today’s political climate. Here is an attempt.
20200119. Modernist zigzag concrete breeze block walls stylishly hide what is most likely a TTC power substation at Broadview Station.
20200115. Construction continues on the Eglinton Crosstown LRT at Chaplin Crescent (facing east). The LRT tunnel is below the concrete, utilities will run below the steel beams which will support future road decking.
20200114. Where The Crosstown LRT on Eglinton will go back underground into Kennedy Station.
