Station Fixation

Follow my journey to every TTC subway station!

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"... Grandmother moon disseminating her knowledge of plant medicines and through this knowledge man learns of reciprocity, and giving something in order to receive. The moon lights the way in the darkness."

Part of Resurge: First Timeline - Philip Cote beneath Old Mill station.

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Northbound train bursting out of Glencairn in the afternoon sunlight.

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Mood: liminal.

The Castle Frank station bus platform on a still summer night.

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Every spring, thousands of visitors throng to High Park to see the cherry blossoms. The sakura were a gift from the Japanese Ambassador in 1959 on behalf of Tokyo.

This temporary signage comes out to help guide the masses arriving at High Park station.

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Toronto's transit system might have evolved very differently, if 'Queen Lower' had ever been used!

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Part of 'Our Knell', a 50-foot hand-painted, porcelain-on-steel mural by John B. Boyle, at Queen station.

The two figures are William Lyon Mackenzie, (Toronto's First Mayor and leader of the 1837 Upper Canada Rebellion), and Nellie McClung (women's rights crusader).

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The St. George St. George Street entrance. Say that ten times fast!

Look at that swooping canopy. I wish we had more of these.

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Ouch! The dizzying tile scheme beneath the Walmer Road entrance of Spadina station. What was going through the designer's mind? I always feel like I'm entering some kind of low-res FPS video game.

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This breezy tile mural along the far mezzanine wall at Queen's Park station was designed by Ana Vilela, and manufactured by Viúva Lamego in Lisbon. Installed in 2003, it celebrates the 50th anniversary of (significant) Portuguese emigration to Canada.

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The triangular front window at Broadview station. Try watching from here when a streetcar pulls in!

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We can't visit Bay without popping down to Bay Lower, can we? Shown here, the high-ceilinged 'hall' at the west end of the platform. In the forefront we can see a number of experimental floor surfaces.

Bay Lower has been a bit more accessible in recent years via Doors Open.

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'Not all those who wander are lost', writes Gandalf to Frodo.

On the other hand, if you lose your phone somewhere on the subway this is where it will hopefully wind up -- at the Lost Articles Office at Bay station.

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The escalator from the mezzanine level at Christie station famously has stairs leading up to it.

The escalator was a retrofit, installed well after the construction of the station. The device's base is located above the track ceiling below; there wasn't enough physical room.

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Blue Light Special at St. Clair station.

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Then and Now: My recreation of a famous Spadina Subway opening day photo, at Eglinton West station. (Yes I know that in my version the train is northbound instead of southbound).

The archival shot is from January 28, 1978.

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Woodbine station signage circa 2014.

In 2015 the classic '3D' signage was changed to the current standard (you know, the white type on black. Meh.).

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Ah, the cheery concrete vista of the passageway beneath the tracks at Lawrence East. Periodically tagged.

Rest in Peace, Scarborough RT!

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The Belt Line Bridge is a popular spot to watch trains passing through Davisville station. To the left we have busy Davisville Yard. The cubical building in the mid background is the W.C. McBrien Building, TTC headquarters, constructed overtop Davisville's bus platform area.

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Shall we dance? One hundred inset stainless steel and bronze 'memorial pixels' are distributed throughout the tiling at Dufferin station. Part of Eduardo Aquino and Karen Shanksi's 'Something Happens Here'.

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Does anyone know the right time of year/day to properly view the shadows cast by the filigree panels in the north bus plaza canopy at Victoria Park station? [Part of Roots by Aniko Meszaros]

This one depicts Asia and Australia. (flipped, so the shadow will be oriented properly).