Toronto Union Station Revitalization | ?m | ?s | City of Toronto | NORR

[nfitz]

It's actually both.

From the Ontario French Languages Services Act:

In order for an area to be eligible for designation, it must meet one of the following conditions:​

• • Francophones must make up at least 10% of the local population (including municipalities, counties, districts, towns and townships); or,
  • The number of Francophones must exceed 5,000 in urban centres.

Toronto's designation based solely on total, not percentage. It was Toronto we were discussing.

 

[Towered]

Can't wait to see the Bay concourse redone. It was embarrassingly dated, ugly, and cheap looking.

 

[tnarduzzi]

Front Street Moat. Work on the centre tunnel continues, updates for September 2015.

This ramp is noteworthy due to the fact it currently leads to a staircase. Is this indicative that the Front Street Moat will open soon? You be the judge.

 

[tnarduzzi]

Interior Finish Detail. Interior finish details continue to be unveiled as work continues, updates for September 2015.

 

[AlvinofDiaspar]

Thanks again - I sincerely hope that the centre tunnel of the moat will not have such awful finishing (which it probably will). Seriously, it's yet another compromise after the trainshed and Via concourse.

AoD

 

[grey]

How much money did they save by using suburban cookie-cutter townhouse bathroom finishes?

 

[bobbob911]

They should ramp that entire 2-step staircase - with the crowds already forming at that bottleneck someone is going to take a tumble.

 

[tnarduzzi]

They should ramp that entire 2-step staircase - with the crowds already forming at that bottleneck someone is going to take a tumble.

I agree. However if you recall there is another "three-step" staircase immediately past those doors. These doors and the three steps are the real problem. But, without modifications to the original exterior cladding (sandstone or limestone), I do not see how temporary enlargements can be made to ease congestion.

The best course of action is to get that tunnel open. ASAP!

 

[bobbob911]

The doors at least "frame" the stairs - traffic flow has been separated and can proceed down the stairs. Where the ramp is it just looks like a hallway if you are in a big crowd that is pushing through - easy to miss the steps if you aren't aware or observant.

 

[MafaldaBoy]

Regarding the signage and wayfinding discussion in the York Concourse from a few pages back; the company that produced the signage 'strategy' for the already reno'd sections of Union is the same company that contributed to the design of the temporary signage for the Pan-Am Games.

http://entro.com/news/unionstation/
http://entro.com/news/panamwayfinding/

 

[Jonny5]

Regarding the signage and wayfinding discussion in the York Concourse from a few pages back; the company that produced the signage 'strategy' for the already reno'd sections of Union is the same company that contributed to the design of the temporary signage for the Pan-Am Games.

http://entro.com/news/unionstation/
http://entro.com/news/panamwayfinding/

I can't quite tell if they come up with only the aesthetic template and icons, or if they actually produced the draft of the content for every sign too.

 

[tnarduzzi]

Regarding the signage and wayfinding discussion in the York Concourse from a few pages back; the company that produced the signage 'strategy' for the already reno'd sections of Union is the same company that contributed to the design of the temporary signage for the Pan-Am Games.

Good find! Remind me in to never hire Entro for any graphic design / way-finding projects.

I can't quite tell if they come up with only the aesthetic template and icons, or if they actually produced the draft of the content for every sign too.

Moot point. The icons and the graphics are difficult to understand, hard to read at distance, and not very well designed.

Overall the new Union signage is a complete way-finding FAIL.

 

[khris]

So when walking through the path to get into Union during Nuit Blanche, I experience chaos. I guess there was a Leafs game, and also a Taylor Swift concert. Everyone was getting into Union as we were trying to get the opposite way. Everyone was almost at a stand still, and it was clear Union Station (TTC), and all of the construction, was not able to handle the crush of people. If an emergency were to happen, I would not want to be there during this kind of crush.

 

[Le Gique]

It appears as if a short section of the central/east moat can open soon just west of the TTC station western entrance and ramps.

This would jive with the new ramp at the temporary corridor just west of the Bay Concourse, allowing the latter to close if a second ramp is coming down to the moat.
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On signage, there is a definite lack of good (and/or any) signs at the southeast access of the York Concourse. ACC signs are missing or too small there, and in the south end of the VIA Concourse. As stated earlier, the ACC "logo" does not work for wayfinding.

 

[AlbertHWagstaff]

It appears as if a short section of the central/east moat can open soon just west of the TTC station western entrance and ramps.

This would jive with the new ramp at the temporary corridor just west of the Bay Concourse, allowing the latter to close if a second ramp is coming down to the moat.
...
On signage, there is a definite lack of good (and/or any) signs at the southeast access of the York Concourse. ACC signs are missing or too small there, and in the south end of the VIA Concourse. As stated earlier, the ACC "logo" does not work for wayfinding.

A section of the stairs from the moat level down to the subway level has been closed off and hoarding installed - this could be where a ramp will be cut in.