TTC Art Walk

The walk started by looking at the art incorporated into an historic banking hall.

Detail of Boyle’s panels at Queen Station.

Does the vibrant colour make it art?

Opposing hockey teams at College Station.

Why can’t we see the original?

Does proximity to the Native Canadian Centre make this the right location?

A glimpse of McElcheran before going upstairs.

The famous fedora-wearing businessman is key.

Everyone loves the mosaics of Dupont Station.

Integration of the art and architecture enhances the experience.

Weiland’s gigantic caribou prove difficult to find.

Conversations are better with a cool gate as your backdrop.

Noel led a TTC-focused urban art walk in April with the desire to help us all be more informed about the public art in our city.  The walk focused on learning more about the art that people walk by every day while taking the TTC.  This walk reviewed only a very small portion of the artworks on display at TTC stations.

This walking tour included Barbara Steinman’s Banking Hours, John Boyle’s Our Nell, William McElcheran’s Cross Section, Charles Pachter’s Hockey Knights in Canada, a print of Edwin McCormick’s painting at Yonge / Bloor Station, Louis de Niverville’s Morning Glory, Joyce Weiland’s Barren Ground Caribou, Gitksan First Nation’s Fedelia O’Brien, Murphy Green and Chuck Heit’s Owl, Wolf and Hawk, and James Sutherland’s Spadina Summer Under All Seasons.

Not every piece is photographed here.

Thanks to Doug Rier and Geoffrey Kumagai for the photos!