TT-Cheese
The TTC seeking permission to tart up Toronto's subway stations. But Joe Clark is on top of it:
And now they want approval from the TTC to do anything they want with 63 out of those 69 stations. Four stations on the Bloor line would be left as museum pieces. (A similar approach was dismissed by Adam Giambrone's political operative as "kitsch.") All other stations could be made over with fake materials, using signage in a fake typeface arranged in a layout that is a clone of another city's design from 30 years ago. Or some other "distinctive" design could be imposed.
As he points out, the current renovation of Pape station is cheap. One comment at Spacing sums it up best:
Does anyone really think we're going to get Moscow-like stations? Stop dreaming. You think they look bad when they're filthy now, wait until they’re made over with hard-to-keep clean touchy-feely materials and public art that will be left to be covered with brake dust, grime and graffiti. That will look REALLY nice! The tile look was chosen for specific reasons: durable, easy to clean and the station names and signage would be easy to read and recongizable. The Spadina line stations were supposed to be a big improvement in diversity, look at how they have stood up to decades of dirt and neglect. They can't clean the easiest materials to clean right now, it's not going to get any better. And I don't hold out any hope that the signage will be any better either.
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