We all need some light and colour these days. So I went through old files and found these colourful pictures of the newest TTC subway stations that I took back in February, on Family Day actually. It seems like a long time ago!
below: Escalators, Pioneer Village subway station
below: From the outside looking in, Pioneer Village station
below: Hwy 407 station. Artwork by David Pearl.
below: The pinks, yellows, and blues from the coloured windows shine and bounce off surfaces
below: Little lights dance around the ceiling and upper part of the walls. This effect is caused by the artwork in the ceiling – a circular opening that you can just see in the upper left corner.
below: Looking straight up into the skylight with it’s many-sided walls that are covered with reflective material.
below: ‘Atmospheric Lens’ by Paul Raff Studio is the artwork that is incorporated into the roof of the station. It features skylights and reflective panels. Vaughan station.
below: Curved, reflective ceiling, Vaughan station
below: Finch West station with its very shiny red hexagonal wall tiles and coloured panes of glass.
below: No colours at York University station, but lots of windows and lots of natural light.
Thanks for bringing these stations to our attention Mary, and good photos. Nice to see the TTC bringing light and colour artistically into station design.
Wowee, those new stations! As colour-drenched-beautiful as some of the Metro stations in Montreal. (Higher praise than which I cannot offer…)