Toronto Ontario Line: Queen-Spadina Station | ?m | 1s | Metrolinx | HDR

[Northern Light]

I think Arc en Ciel - success notwithstanding - offered a case study of why we need to be very careful with public art, given how neglected it was for decades (and still hasn't been restored, despite of multiple promises).

AoD

In this case, I'm suggesting anything with moving parts or electricity, just better, more interesting/colourful finishes. That should, in theory, be maintainable.

 

[AlvinofDiaspar]

In this case, I'm suggesting anything with moving parts or electricity, just better, more interesting/colourful finishes. That should, in theory, be maintainable.

I thought the piece at Downsview (now Sheppard West) was good (and course the mosaic at Dupont is delightful). Not so impressed by many of the other attempts (including the Dufferin reno) at using tiling as art. So much of the other stuff we got was banal/trite/poorly thought-out.

AoD

 

[Northern Light]

I thought the piece at Downsview (now Sheppard West) was good (and course the mosaic at Dupont is delightful).

Sheppard West's free-standing art on the exterior I could take/leave.........

But the move to bring natural light to the platform level and to include high quality, colourful wall finishes I quite like:

Source: https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/p...eFAp-2eouELn9d2bMeOpY-l-rfzWA=w1236-h927-s-no

I like the mural at Eglinton West.

From: https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-lIYG-jLx...sdLXd8mD0/w640-h480/eglintonwest-IMG_0466.JPG

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On of my favourite add-on pieces is the one in Dundas Station:

From: https://www.stationfixation.com/2015/02/dundas.html

Not so impressed by many of the other attempts (including the Dufferin reno) at using tiling as art. So much of the other stuff we got was trite.

AoD

Dufferin was just shoddy/cheap work. Very poorly thought out and done.

Museum suffers the same problem, DS did a better design plan on a tight budget but it still got VE'd. Museum was actually a reasonably well thought out idea. But cheapen the lighting, nix some of the more elaborate columns, cut back on the wall finishes and omit the mezzanine...........sigh.

 

[reinventingthewheel]

I’m excited about the open expanses of the vertical circulation areas in these stations, less feeling of claustrophobia in heavily trafficked areas.

I rarely travel to TYSSE stations but it’s always a pleasant atmosphere in my opinion. I’m hoping for that same sense of grandeur at the more open underground sites of OL, namely Moss Park and Corktown.