Tag Archives: TTC
20210401. The concrete lines of Warden station.
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.
20210115. In the construction pit at Kennedy Station where the Eglinton Crosstown will end.
20200918. The modern curves of Kipling Station, a great example of mid-century expressionist architecture not built in the mid-century.
20200821. Metro modernism against a brutalist backdrop. St. George Station and the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto (2/2).
20200820. Metro modernism against a brutalist backdrop. St. George Station and the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education at University of Toronto (1/2).
20200814. The Prince Edward Viaduct or (Bloor Viaduct) spans the Don River valley and the Lower Don River Trail (Edmund Burke, 1918).
20200628. The walkway between the TTC and the YRT at Vaughan Metropolitan Centre station is a colourful experience.
20200603. The 20 modern curves of Kipling Station, quite mid-century expressionist for a subway station that opened in 1980.
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.
20200104. Although opened in 1978, Wilson Station’s bus terminal sports convincing modern mid-century design.
20200102. Above the stairwell at St. Clair Station.
20191210. When you step back and look at Wellesley Station, it’s apparent that design was irrelevant even though this building is a subway station, bus terminal, apartment building’s amenity mezzanine and parking garage.
20191014. Toronto is a city of transitions. Mural by Sean Martindale and East End Arts at Coxwell at Danforth on the fence of the soon to be developed TTC Danforth Garage.
20190912. The only truly orange exit in the TTC subway system is at St. Clair station.
20190708. The corridor of lines.
