Side Stories – Subway Station Concepts by Artist Sigmund Serafin

W.H. Paterson of the TTC’s Engineering Department commissioned Sigmund Serafin to create these illustrations. The paintings were created prior to the construction of the Bloor-Danforth-University Subway line and show proposed street-level or cross-sectional views of subway stations.

 

Illustration of red subway station with buses in bus transfer area and red subway train going to station foreground shows lawn trees and road with traffic.
Keele Station
1957
Fonds 16, Series 2449, Item 7.

 

Illustrated red subway train underneath park with subway station in background trees and people in park.
Willowvale (Christie) Station
1957
Fonds 16, Series 2449, Item 6.

 

Illustrated cross section of subway station with red subway cars in tunnels passengers on platforms station entrance in background.
St. George Station
1957
Fonds 16, Series 2449, Item 5.

 

Illustrated cross section of subway station with red subway car in tunnel passengers on platform escalator and mezzanine.
St. Patrick Station
1957
Fonds 16, Series 2449, Item 3.

 

Illustrated cross section of subway station red subway cars on tracks people on subway station platforms PCC streetcars on road.
Bloor-Yonge Station
1957
Fonds 16, Series 2449, Item 1.

 

Illustrated cross section red subway cars in tunnels passengers on platform and mezzanine.
Sherbourne Station
1957
Fonds 16, Series 2449, Item 8.

 

Illustrated street level subway station PCC streetcars people on sidewalk.
Broadview Station
1957
Fonds 16, Series 2449, Item 2.

 

Illustrated subway station and bus waiting area.
Woodbine Station
1956
Fonds 16, Series 2449, Item 4.