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spmarshall
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I can't believe there are two threads on MCC started this week on City Photos! The last time I checked, Mississauga isn't in the city - it's a suburb. And Cobourg and Kingston? This section needs some urbanity restored. That means it's time for another installment of my 10 part series, Better Know a Car Line. That's right! I deliver the truth! I'm full of it (the truth, that is)!
In this installment, we ride the 510 Spadina. The fightin' 510th!
The Spadina Car is the only car line that runs totally in exclusive rights of way. It passes through the Harbourfront, City Place, the old Fashion District, Chinatown and by U of T, ending as it started, in a short streetcar subway. Let's take a ride. Most of the pics are from today, with a few from late last week.
We start by going northbound, which means we go south through the Bay Street streetcar subway to Queen's Quay.
Who says the Gardiner is a barrier? I can plainly see a few pedestrians freely walking under the dark, dank "barrier".
And now, north of the "Barrier", we come into that very urban, human-scale CityPlace.
And we enter the old Fashion District, home to two of the better condos built in the past 5 years, Morgan and Hudson.
This fugly slab doesn't fit into Spadina at all.
At Dundas, the crowds are thick, even on a cold Victoria Day, when even Queen West was quieter than usual. Would MCC ever get these crowds, ever? Didn't think so!
At Spadina Crescent, the street takes on a more subdued, institutional and residential character.
At Harbord, U of T built the Graduate Jail...Whoops, Graduate House. This building must surely attract the best and brightest masters and doctoral students!
And we wrap up at Spadina Station.
Now let's put the 510 up on the big board!
In this installment, we ride the 510 Spadina. The fightin' 510th!
The Spadina Car is the only car line that runs totally in exclusive rights of way. It passes through the Harbourfront, City Place, the old Fashion District, Chinatown and by U of T, ending as it started, in a short streetcar subway. Let's take a ride. Most of the pics are from today, with a few from late last week.
We start by going northbound, which means we go south through the Bay Street streetcar subway to Queen's Quay.
Who says the Gardiner is a barrier? I can plainly see a few pedestrians freely walking under the dark, dank "barrier".
And now, north of the "Barrier", we come into that very urban, human-scale CityPlace.
And we enter the old Fashion District, home to two of the better condos built in the past 5 years, Morgan and Hudson.
This fugly slab doesn't fit into Spadina at all.
At Dundas, the crowds are thick, even on a cold Victoria Day, when even Queen West was quieter than usual. Would MCC ever get these crowds, ever? Didn't think so!
At Spadina Crescent, the street takes on a more subdued, institutional and residential character.
At Harbord, U of T built the Graduate Jail...Whoops, Graduate House. This building must surely attract the best and brightest masters and doctoral students!
And we wrap up at Spadina Station.
Now let's put the 510 up on the big board!
