I reached my 100th photo! Bayview Station…up in North York beside Bayview Village. Also the station I reach to get to the North York YMCA where I play volleyball every Tuesday night. Did you know? Bayview Station is full of trompe l’oeil art. These optical illusions look like certain objects when viewed at certain angles. It’s pretty cool.
Don Mills station, appendage to Fairview Mall parking lot and location to be picked up from when meeting most of my North York/Scarborough friends.
Bathurst Station. Direct transfer between the 511 streetcars, 7 buses and subway. Often transfer through here when going home.
Decided to start a side-project: capture the uniqueness of as the different TTC subway stops around Toronto. I don’t know how far I will take this, but I’d like to at least capture the stations I frequent. First up, Union Station. Located at the heart of the CBD in downtown Toronto, there is no doubt this is the busiest TTC station, with connections to Go trains, VIA rail and other transportation links. I often meet friends here when heading to the Distillery District or various nearby restaurants.
As you probably know, Tim Burton’s interpretation of “Alice in Wonderland” is due in theatres March 5th. I’ve waited a long time for this movie and even bought and read both of the original books last month. TTC’s Queen station had these pretty cool ads on the subway walls. The White Queen was shown on the northbound walls while the Red Queen was on the southbound walls.
Everywhere I go…I can use the CN tower as a compass to find my way around downtown…
Toronto has seen the coldest weather this season over the past few days. It’s so cold that when you breathe on the glass at streetcar/bus shelters, it freezes…
After I shot this photo, as I was getting on the train, the driver came on the PA system and said something to the effect of, “The gentleman with the camera, you’re not allowed to take photographs inside the TTC. Put the camera away now.” There wasn’t a please or thank you, and the tone was very rude. Upon a little research with my friend Google, I found that TTC has a bylaw that prohibits photography inside the system for commercial purposes. If only I knew that, I would have found the driver and harassed him about it ._.
This weekend, I went to Waterloo to visit some friends. Justin was also leaving for Waterloo from Mississauga, so I hitched a ride with him. But to get to Mississauga, I had to first take the Go Train from Union Station after work. While I was idling in the station waiting for my train, I decided to pull out my camera and play around with the rush-hour scene around me.
So if you’ve been reading this blog, you’ll know I take the streetcar literally everyday to and from everywhere I go downtown. I’ve noticed that at some streetcar stops, the streetcar icon on the pole is covered by a sticker of people riding a dinosaur. Even though this can probably be classified as “vandalism”, I still find it funny every time I see it. This particular photo was taken at the Dundas streetcar stop going east @ Bathurst, normally the stop where I go from home.
