Compared to the rest of the world's major cities, Toronto's rapid transit network is very young. Cities like Paris, New York and London have systems dating back to the late 19th century, but here in Toronto, our oldest subway stations date from 1954. When the Spadina Subway extension was designed and built in the 1970s, our subway system was in its mid-20s and the architecture of the TTC wasn't indicative of a changing city in a progressive time, but when the new stations opened in 1978, passengers got their first taste of the unique architecture that would come to define that stretch of track.  The times have certainly changed since then, and while the style of architecture has fallen out of favour, Dunlop-Farrow Architects' Dupont Station remains an architectural fixture in The Annex, its glass bubbles with orange-painted metal frames serving as a beacon for local commuters. Today's Photo of the Day comes from Vik Pahwa in the UrbanToronto Flickr Pool, depicting Dupont Station's outdoor waiting area beautifully lit at night.

Exterior of Dupont Subway station at night, image by Vik Pahwa