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Interpretive Plaques in Streetcar Shelters


Plaque Design and Samples

Forty-four streetcar shelters will be constructed along the length of St Clair Avenue West. The interpretive plaques will be one of three elements in the 'feature bay'. To the right of the interpretive plaque will be space for community bulletin board and a TTC route map.

There are a number of environmental, historical and cultural themes that can be illustrated on these plaques.

Streetscape

As plaques are created, samples of them will be posted here. Take a look at the completed and incomplete plaques, and givse us your feedback. 

Sample plaques Hounslow Yonge westbound Deer Park westbound Dunvegan eastbound Russel Hill westbound Spadina westbound Spadina eastbound Tweedsmuir eastbound St. Clair West Tweedsmuir westbound Bathurst eastbound Bathurst westbound Vaughan westbound Vaughan eastbound Wychwood westbound Wychwood eastbound Christie eastbound Arlington eastbound Glenholme wesbound Dufferin eastbound Lansdowne eastbound Lansdowne westbound Hounslow eastbound Keele eastbound Caledonia westbound Keele eastbound Gunns Road

Plaque design elements:

  • Title Bar – specific to each streetcar stop location
  • 512 Transit line – guide to St Clair streetcar stops, with each location highlighted, historic TTC red and yellow
  • background watermark image – historic images of previous St Clair streetcar models
  • Identifier Icon – specific to each streetcar stop and theme
  • Content area – incsludes images and 150 words of easy-to-read text, according to streetcar stop themes
  • Internet Address – dedicated to Interpretive Plaque project
  • District Identifier bar – contains District name, sloped curve reflects escarpment, stripes  resembles sidewalk banding
  • overall sepia tones expresses history

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