Osgoode (TTC) - Toronto, Ontario, Canada
N 43° 39.040 W 079° 23.218
17T E 630080 N 4834338
Osgoode (TTC) is one of the stops on the Young-University-Spadina subway line in Toronto.
Waymark Code: WM8YG4
Location: Ontario, Canada
Date Posted: 05/31/2010
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This stop is located on the SW-corner of Queen Street and University Avenue.
From: Wikipedia
Osgoode (TTC)
Osgoode is a station on the University line of the subway/RT system in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Osgoode Station is located at 250 University Avenue at Queen Street West. Osgoode Station was opened in 1963, and is named for the nearby Osgoode Hall.
History and construction
Osgoode is a centre platform station, constructed using the cut-and-cover method.
When Osgoode Station was built, some utility lines were relocated away from the station to allow for a future "Lower Osgoode" station on the projected but never-built Queen Street subway, but unlike at Lower Queen, no actual construction took place. When it opened, Osgoode, like St. Andrew Station, boasted Vitrolite tiles on its walls. Cracks resulting from the high water table at the station forced the TTC to cover over most of these tiles in the 1970s with vertical panels along the outer walls of the tracks and ceramic tiles on the platform walls.
Entrances were all built as open stairwells, with the panel above the lintel emblazoned with the scales of justice, which referenced the Superior Court of Justice at Osgoode Hall. Subsequent refurbishment resulted in a generic TTC style replacing the unique symbolism. In 2006 a new entrance, with elevator access to the concourse level, was integrated into the construction of the Four Seasons Centre, at the southeast corner of Queen and University. Along with an elevator to the platform level within the fare paid area, this makes the station fully accessible. Current plans call for Diamond and Schmitt Architects, who were responsible for the opera house, to design complementary covered entrances at the other three corners of the intersection.
Unspecified plans also call for the upgrade of the platform level, as part of a program to modernize several older stations.
Nearby landmarks
Nearby landmarks include the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts, Toronto City Hall, Nathan Phillips Square, Osgoode Hall, the South African War Memorial, the Canada Life Building and the United States consulate.