New Cumberland St. TTC entrance

[Uncle Teddy]

A solid addition to the area.

 

[urbandreamer]

But still a missed opportunity. It could've been gorgeous, and very green, like this solar powered car port made in England:

http://growagreenplanet.com/romag-introduces-powerpark-solar-carport/

 

[officedweller]

Looks good.

Hopefully those windows don't open too far - lest anyone crawl in and fall down the stairwell. Why so many that open (on both sides) and why so big?

 

[ShonTron]

Smoke vents probably.

 

[AlvinofDiaspar]

Amphibius:

Actually the original exit sticks out like a sore thumb in Yorkville Park...and if anyone has doubts about the ability of the TTC to screw up in this area, one only need to reference the entrance to Queens Park Stationat the NE corner of University and College - was that ever timelessly ugly.

AoD

 

[p5connex]

Please TTC, do not use this as a prototype, it just isn't that great. I think it is improvement over what was there before, but not by much. It seems rather heavy and awkward..No, please no!

p5

 

[SunriseChampion]

It seems oddly mashed together on the inside. Specifically, the two types of tiles meeting and the old-style hand rail. It's kind of hurting my brain.

Edit: I looked at it again and it's most definitely not computing up in my noggin'. The tiles meeting.....it's like a jolt, it doesn't seem right. I think they should have continued those new tiles lower and integrated them at a better spot and in a better way with the white ones.

 

[khris]

It seems oddly mashed together on the inside. Specifically, the two types of tiles meeting and the old-style hand rail. It's kind of hurting my brain.

Edit: I looked at it again and it's most definitely not computing up in my noggin'. The tiles meeting.....it's like a jolt, it doesn't seem right. I think they should have continued those new tiles lower and integrated them at a better spot and in a better way with the white ones.

The weird tiles on a slant even continues outside near the doors. It is very mish mashy, and I do not like it at all.

 

[CapitalSeven]

I still wish they'd built the glass carapace/fossil that was part of the original design for the park. I think it was cancelled because transporting and reassembling the rock ate up all the money.

 

[Archivist]

It doesn't look all that impressive to me either, though certainly better than what College & University got. It makes me think: if the improvement is only so little, then why bother?

 

[Filip]

I still wish they'd built the glass carapace/fossil that was part of the original design for the park. I think it was cancelled because transporting and reassembling the rock ate up all the money.

I heard from the Urban Planning Coordinator at the Yorkville BIA that it was canceled because the TTC was against an entrance without a 'flat' roof due to safety and maintenance issues.

Yet streetcars to far flung heavily car oriented outer boonies is warranted... sigh.

 

[adma]

Aesthetically speaking, it should have been more "transparent".

Those are really heavy-handed mullions, if you ask me.

 

[SP!RE]

Yet streetcars to far flung heavily car oriented outer boonies is warranted... sigh.

That's called city/transit-oriented development. People outside of "Yorkville" deserve to have good transit options.

 

[Filip]

That's called city/transit-oriented development. People outside of "Yorkville" deserve to have good transit options.

I agree, but first fix the problems downtown. I guarantee you the ridership on some of those TC lines will be pathetic.. A colossal waste of money thrust upon taxpayers by a mayor who's so deluded in his socialist views that he thinks streetcars will fix social problems in Scarborough.

 

[androiduk]

Aesthetically speaking, it should have been more "transparent".

Those are really heavy-handed mullions, if you ask me.

That side of the station looks like the facades of the surrounding buildings in the background.