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Monday 19 February 2007

Toronto notes

detail from TTC map TTC oddities: Bay station will be closed for three upcoming weekends due to nearby construction, and Bloor-Danforth trains will divert via Museum station. The upshot: you’ll get to see the fabled Lower Bay station. It was closed to the public only months after it was built, but it shows up from time to time in films and on TV, often dressed up to look like New York or elsewhere. Transit Toronto has the lowdown; further details from Steve Munro.

Elsewhere, Steve ponders the challenges if the TTC were to run the Toronto Island Ferry (as it did, once upon a time): “If the Sam McBride is half way across to Centre Island, and is short turned, do the passengers have to get off?” Ouch. :D

In other news, the front of the Revue Cinema fell off yesterday morning. Ouch also.

Also, Matt Blackett is retiring his weekly comic m@b. I’ll miss it, but I’m sure he’ll have lots of other projects to keep him busy - and with a new issue of Spacing (the magazine he founded) in my mailbox today, I can’t complain too much.

Tags for this entry: comics, lower bay, subway, toronto, transit, ttc

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See also:
Drawing blanks - Music and drawing, plus graphic novels: Scott Pilgrim and Fun Home
The ring - We are engaged; handmade is the way to my heart
A grand opening - Notes from the Open Everything unconference, and a proposal: the Really Open Stage

Comments

I’ve long wanted to see Lower Bay after reading the expose in Infiltration…

http://www.infiltration.org/transit-subway.html

Sadly, my love of all things subterranean is trumped by a love of not getting crushed by subways or attacked by spiders.

Posted by Muffy St. Bernard on 20 February 2007 at 10:54 AM

Well, the diversion will be happening every weekend for a month or so, depending how long these repairs take… and according to Transit Toronto there’ll be a “legit” chance to see it in person at Doors Open Toronto in May.

http://www.doorsopen.org/

Daily Muffy material, perhaps? :D
And Infiltration was great.

Posted by Eli McIlveen on 25 February 2007 at 04:28 PM

I’m coming down on March 17th for a “Queen of the PATH” Daily Muffy. Sadly, I doubt they’ll let me on the actual platform!

And Open Doors DOES sound great, hmmmm!

Regarding Infiltration, apparently Ninjalicious died, which is a completely understated shock.

Posted by Muffy St. Bernard on 27 February 2007 at 10:09 AM

Yep - I linked to a couple of tributes to him here. We finally got to find out a little about the guy.

http://www.forgeryleague.com/archives/97-Farewell-to-the-infiltrator.html

Open Doors is neat, but I always seem to be out of town or doing something else that keeps me from going! This year we’re playing a music festival at the Tranazac, but hopefully I’ll have time to see a few buildings too.

So… March 17th, eh?

Posted by Eli McIlveen on 27 February 2007 at 02:33 PM

I didn’t want to be morbid, but I WAS wondering how he died. It’s a pretty tragic story and it does seem like he was a good person (I only dealt with him while ordering issues of the magazine).

Yes, March 17th is finalized! We’re going to just pick a southerly PATH building and go anywhere that looks interesting. I may end up staying the night…would you be interested in joining us in our wandering? (I’ll need to check with Craig & Jason, since we have a “no guests unless everyone agrees” policy, but I’m pretty sure they’d be up for it).

Posted by Muffy St. Bernard on 1 March 2007 at 09:57 AM

Absolutely. If they don’t mind, count me in!

Posted by Eli McIlveen on 2 March 2007 at 04:27 PM