Tag Archives: TTC
20150305. “The next station is Yorkdale, Yorkdale Station.” Toronto’s TTC Line 1 runs north up the Allen Expy.
20150302. Toronto’s modern, functional, handsome yet understated St. George TTC Subway transformer station (1963).
20150301. The Brutalistic pre-cast concrete lines of Toronto’s TTC Kipling Station electrical substation.
20150213. Pipes and handrails follow stairwell contours in Toronto’s TTC Pape Subway station.
20150202. The curved concrete modernism of Toronto’s TTC Wilson Station waiting area and wind barriers
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/
20141011. Although construction is not complete, streetcars return to Toronto’s Queens Quay tomorrow.
The TTC’s 511 Spadina streetcars (new and old) will now run from Spadina station to Union Station and the 509 Harbourfront streetcars are back in business.
20140914. Windows on the world at the Toronto TTC Castle Frank subway station bus platform.
20140828. Toronto’s new streetcar at night saying “510 Spadina” on Spadina before the big day.
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).
20140512. The Toronto Transit Commission’s new Toronto Rocket subway car vs. the old T-1 series car.
20140506. My first on-street view of the TTC’s new Toronto Flexity Outlook streetcar (exiting Bathurst Stn).
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.
20140303. The TTC launched a trial today testing numbered subway lines. Great idea!
20140225. TTC’s modernist Old Mill subway station (c.1968) in Toronto.
John Martins-Manteiga’s Mean City documents some of Toronto’s finest post-war era modernist architecture. Although not mentioned in the book, I think that Old Mill station is also a fine specimen of modernism with its half elevated and half underground station design and beautiful views of the Humber River.
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.
