Fritter
Active Member
I could be wrong, but I thought this tunnel had to be permanently closed in order to accommodate the now expanded TTC Union subway station.
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I could be wrong, but I thought this tunnel had to be permanently closed in order to accommodate the now expanded TTC Union subway station.
steveintoronto
Superstar
Unable to find anything definitive Googling, this is the closest:
[...]Commuters can also cross under Front St. through a new link on the northwest corner of the concourse that leads to stairs and an elevator to 1 University Ave. By 2017, that PATH link will extend as far north as Wellington St. The existing tunnel provides for a potential entrance to the Fairmont Royal York, but the hotel is still deciding whether to create one.[...]
https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/tr...rse-makes-for-a-more-comfortable-commute.html
AlvinofDiaspar
Moderator
From UT/courtesy Partisans:
http://urbantoronto.ca/sites/defaul...images/articles/2015/12/18994/18994-64049.jpg
There is an even older city presentation from back in what the late 2000s that illustrate the differences in grade by floor. Can't find it online anymore but you can get a hint from Steve Munro's blog:
https://swanboatsteve.files.wordpress.com/2007/11/existingelev.jpg
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Leo_Chan
Senior Member
This may be off topic, but why is it called Union Station? Is it because it's a place where different transit services "unite"?
isaidso
Senior Member
The first Union Station was opened by the Grand Trunk Railway and shared with the Northern Railway and the Great Western Railway. Perhaps you're right.
LNahid2000
Senior Member
Yes, this is also why there are so many Union Stations outside Toronto.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_station
Richard White
Senior Member
As per a good friend of mine, Derek Boles (TRHA Historian and former USRPAG Vice Chair) it was called Union Station because of all the different railway companies using it. When the current Union Station was constructed Grand Trunk and Canadian Pacific intended to use the station. When the station opened Grand Trunk was gone and CNR took its place but the fact remained it was still a union station unlike in Montreal where at the time you had CP Windsor Station and Grand Trunk/CNR Bonaventure Station.
You will likely never find a station again without it being a union station. Many years ago stations would be built by railway companies for their exclusive use.
When I was in Budapest there were 4 railway stations built and it all depended on which direction you were headed as they were listed as the Eastern, Western, Southern railway stations. There is also a smaller station in the suburbs that acts as an intermediary station on the way to wherever you are going. It got to the point where you had to pay attention when you were booking the ticket otherwise you would end up on the other side of the city when you were supposed to board. It would have been far better to have one station rather than the way they were set up but that's how the cookie crumbles.
steveintoronto
Superstar
Excellent! I'll keep searching now I know they're out there, and post link when found.
W. K. Lis
Superstar
Also it is a "station" not a "terminal", since the trains can continue on without having to reverse direction.
AlvinofDiaspar
Moderator
Good luck - the old link is dead: http://www.toronto.ca/union_station/pdf/3dstills.pdf
I still have a copy of the file though - but at almost 30MB too large to post on here.
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steveintoronto
Superstar
Page 7 of this forum string discusses a "3D film" as well as your discussing the stills. That film would be wonderful to find, as well as the stills. Someone might have it up on a site with a different file name. I'll keep digging when I'm a bit sharper. There's some excellent stuff posted in those first few pages of this string.
Any hope of posting it to a site to allow readers accessing it via a link, and discussing it here?
I've stared at many of the 2D diagrams, and my lack of youth stymies the ability to project the 3rd dimension from it, and without that projection, full mental modelling is impossible.
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yyzhyd
Active Member
Rushing to catch my GO Train last night I noticed some very nice indirect lighting highlighting the architecture of the centre block of Union facing Front. St. will try and grab a pic tonight.
crs1026
Superstar
I took this shot recently on a sunny day at noon. The sun is on the south side, and (absent reflections) the whole of the north side of the Great Hall ought to be in shadow. The reflections from the bank buildings were so strong they cast shadows *into* the shady area against the building. It is amazing just how much reflected light there is there at times.
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innsertnamehere
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I really like it actually since the area is almost never in shade. It is pleasantly sunny for almost the entire day.
raptor
Senior Member
Scaffolding being removed on 2 fronts: a) eastern facade (Bay St side), and b) eastern side of Great Hall atrium.