Towered
Senior Member
I hope this turns out better than the awful Dufferin renovation.
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TTC: Pape Station Renovation
- Thread starter AlvinofDiaspar
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TheTigerMaster
Superstar
It should look great when completed, if the renders are any indication. I'm a fan of the platform art installations. They look so much better in person.
junctionist
Senior Member
The Dufferin renovation makes the Yonge station renos from the 1980s look good. You'd think the TTC would have learned their lesson and would invest in something more impressive. Otherwise, there's no point to the aesthetic upgrades.
BrenWilson
New Member
Passed through Pape yesterday and, from the train at least, it looked pretty good. Certainly compared to dufferin it looks nice. They weren't quite finished yet - there was still some open panels and the duct work had some spotty areas. Now if they could fix up the yonge line to look like this I'll be happy - no more poo brown tiles at king and college!
W. K. Lis
Superstar
Wonder if Mike Holmes could do one station his way? Nah!
junctionist
Senior Member
The best Canadian architects, designers and artists of our time should be doing these projects. The TTC should support strong design throughout the system and correct past mistakes, instead of just having a few isolated stations where great architecture was achieved.
junctionist
Senior Member
Also, Pape should one day be completely demolished and rebuilt to a spectacular design as a Relief Line interchange station.
innsertnamehere
Superstar
good luck with Ford reducing the TTC budget every single year.. Also, I don't know where to put this, but have the new TTC uniforms started to be rolled out? I swear I saw a fare collector wearing one at Finch today.
superman
Active Member
I don't get why these renovations aren't standardized... If Pape uses paneling, why wouldn't Dufferin use the same and vice versa.
Agreed. Do a shutdown for a year or two and route all connecting buses to Donlands Station instead. It would be painful, but that interchange station needs to be optimally designed if it's going to be an attractive transfer location compared to Bloor-Yonge.
nfitz
Superstar
Who knows if Pape will be the interchange station or not. Remember, it's Donlands station that they deferred the second exit work because it might conflict with the DRL (see http://www.ttc.ca/About_the_TTC/Projects/Station_Improvements/Donlands_Station/index.jsp)
Good point. Donlands would be much easier to close off for a year or two as well. Much lower usage.
Johnny Au
Senior Member
...and Donlands Avenue aligns with Leslie Street perfectly (especially given that Donlands Avenue was at one point called Leslie Street).
drum118
Superstar
Nov 28
Lot more up on site
Lot more up on site
Johnny Au
Senior Member
Pape station looks very Greek and resembles a station in the Athens Metro. After all, it is at the heart of Greektown.