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Toronto Transit Commission

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Downsview Park Station

1245 Sheppard Avenue West

Open: Saturday, May 27, from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. Last admittance: 4:30 p.m.

This new subway station is the first stop on the soon-to-be-opened extension of the TTC’s Line 1 Yonge - University subway. The entrance structures use steel frame construction and glazed curtain walls. Features of the station include a green roof, public art, and bird-friendly windows.

Visitors will have access to the station, can take a self-guided tour, discover unique facts about the new station, how it was built and how it will operate, and talk to project staff and artist Panya Clark Espinal, when available.

Ground floor is accessible. Since the station is still under construction, all other floors are stair-access only.

Getting there by public transit:

• TTC 1 Yonge - University subway line to Sheppard West Station. Connect with TTC shuttle buses direct to the station. (Regular TTC fares apply.)
  
  
  

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York University Station

4700 Keele Street

Open: Saturday, May 27, from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. Last admittance: 4:30 p.m.

In the heart of York University’s Keele campus, this new subway station is part of the soon-to-be-opened extension of the TTC’s Line 1 Yonge - University subway. The entrance features a distinct boomerang shape and two covered entry wings to the north and south. The finished metal roof is a cool roof with high solar reflectance that absorbs little heat. With its large glass curtain walls, the station relies on daylight rather than electricity. The station also features public art and bird-friendly window glazing.

Visitors will have access to the station, can take a self-guided tour, discover unique facts about the new station, how it was built and how it will operate, and talk to project staff and artists when available.

Since the station is still under construction, all floors are stair-access only.

Getting there by public transit:

• TTC 1 Yonge - University subway line to Sheppard West Station. Connect with TTC shuttle buses direct to the station. (Regular TTC fares apply.)
• TTC buses operating along the 41 Keele, 60C Steeles West, 106 York University, 107 Keele North, 195 Jane rocket and 196 York University rocket routes to the Harry W. Arthurs Common on the campus, just west of the future subway station.
• GO Transit buses operating along the 47 Hamilton / York U and 52 Oshawa / York U routes to the Harry W. Arthurs Common on the campus, just west of the future subway station.
• Brampton Transit buses operating along the 501 / 501A Züm Queen route to Ian Macdonald Boulevard at The Chimneystack Road, just north of the future station.
• York Region Transit buses operating along the Viva orange, Viva purple, 3 Thornhill, 10 Woodbridge, 20 Jane and 22 King City routes to to Ian Macdonald Boulevard at The Chimneystack Road, just north of the future station.

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Other transportation-related sites

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John St Roundhouse - Toronto Historical Railway Society

255 Bremner Boulevard.

Open: Saturday, May 27, from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. Last admittance to building: 4:30 p.m. Sunday, May 28, from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. Last admittance to building: 4:30 p.m.

The Toronto Railway Historical Association operates The Toronto Railway Museum in stalls 15, 16 and 17 of the former Canadian Pacific Railway John Street Roundhouse and in Roundhouse Park. This national historic site is a low semi-circular brick structure that accommodated railway engines on a massive turntable. The Museum displays locomotives and rolling stock, as well as artifacts. The association has refurbished the three stalls so that it can repair locomotives and cars.

Visitors can experience the Railway Village, Cabin D — the 1896 interlocking tower, Don Station — an 1896 CPR station, Canadian National Railway steam locomotive #6213, a real locomotive simulator, a miniature train in the park and the exhibit of railway artifacts.

Stair-only access to locomotives and rail equipment. Cabin D also has stair access to the second floor.

Getting there by public transit

• TTC subway trains operating along the 1 Yonge - University line or GO Transit trains and buses to Union Station. Walk south along Bay or York Street and then west along Bremner Boulevard.

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• TTC streetcars operating along the 509 Harbourfront or 510 **Spadina routes to Lower Simcoe Street. Walk north to Bremner Boulevard.

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John St Roundhouse - Steam Whistle Brewing

255 Bremner Boulevard.

Open: Saturday, May 27, from 11 a.m. until 5 p.m. Last admittance to building: 5 p.m. Sunday, May 28, from 11 a.m. until 5 p.m. Last admittance to building: 4 p.m.

The Canadian Pacific Railway’s former John Street Roundhouse, now home of Steam Whistle Brewing, is steps from the CN Tower. The CPR build the roundhouse in 1929. It originally served more than 50 locomotives a day from Union Station. At its centre, a rotating turntable moved trains into bays for repair. The roundhouse was the first to use a new clean-air and energy conservation system, “the direct steaming system”, which improved train maintenance, fuel consumption and working conditions.

Over the decades, passenger rail service declined and the facility closed in 1988. In 1999, Steam Whistle Brewing breathed new life into the building, renovating with an eye to preserve the original post and beam construction. The brewery opened its doors to the public as part of Doors Open Toronto 2000. Inside are the Brewery’s manufacturing facilities and a retail store / gallery and events venue. The building’s exterior walls are almost entirely made up of multi-paned windows, filling the vaulted 30-foot interior with natural light. The original Douglas fir posts support the sloped cedar roof. Throughout the roundhouse, catwalks and exposed brick retain the feel of the building’s original use.

Tours highlight the building’s history as a rail facility and its adaptive re-use as a brewery and event venue. Refreshments for sale and musical entertainment on the brewery’s patio.

Getting there by public transit

• TTC subway trains operating along the 1 Yonge - University line or GO Transit trains and buses to Union Station. Walk south along Bay or York Street and then west along Bremner Boulevard.

or

• TTC streetcars operating along the 509 Harbourfront or 510 **Spadina routes to Lower Simcoe Street. Walk north to Bremner Boulevard.

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Lambton House

4066 Old Dundas Street

Open — Saturday, May 27: from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. Last admittance: 4:30 p.m. Sunday, May 29: from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. Last admittance: 4:30 p.m.

Originally a stagecoach stop on the old Toronto-to-Dundas Highway (the Weller Stage Coach would pull up to it to deliver the Royal Mail), the hotel also has a public transit association. Streetcars on the former Toronto Suburban Railway Company’s Lambton carline ended their trips near the hotel in Lambton Park. From 1917 until 1935, they could also wait in the hotel for the next interurban radial streetcar to Guelph.

A mid-Victorian two-story red brick hotel with yellow coins and diamond inserts, Lambton House has a two-story wooden veranda with white trillage. The interior has the original hall and stairs, built for Sir William P. Howland, a Father of Confederation and later Lieutenant Governor of Ontario. To the right of the entrance is the entrance to the men’s beverage room with its two fireplaces and to the left is the entry to the smaller parlour room heated with a single fireplace. Most of the doors to the travellers’ rooms on the second floor are original, as is the exposed pine floor in one room. The second floor hall is offset with three front rooms to the east and one to the west of the door opening onto the upper veranda. A door gives access to this feature. This is the last remaining public building from Lambton Mills, and also from the historic milling period on the lower Humber River.

A classic William Tyrrell design, it was originally an L-shaped centre plan, two-storey red brick building with white coins and decorative diamond inserts. The floor of the first level veranda extends on either side of the entrance steps, providing two small and convenient roadside platforms at stirrup height for mounting a horse or bicycle. A course of saw-tooth brick work is a Tyrrell trademark feature easily viewed from the second floor wooden veranda covering the front of the building. The drive shed roof line is visible on the east wall.

Doors Open features a display about Howland and the Howland family - their major contributions to Ontario and Canada over a century and a half. Enjoy guided tours of the building and a special art exhibit featuring Humber landscape paintings from the 1930s by artist Clara Harris (1887 - 1975). A map shows the location where Harris painted each work. This is a companion exhibit to Clara Harris paintings ‘Captured on Canvas’ at Montgomery’s Inn, the next stop west for the Weller stagecoach (now the TTC’s 30 **Lambton bus route). Light refreshments will be available to buy.

Main floor is accessible via the rear entrance ramp. All other floors are stair-access only.

Getting there by public transit:

• East- and westbound buses operating along the 30 Lambton route to Dundas Street West and Humber Hill Avenue walk south to Old Dundas Street and then west two blocks.
• Northbound buses operating along the 55 Warren Park route to Lundy Avenue at Warren Crescent. Walk one block north along Lundy to Old Dundas, then west.

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From the “Old Time Trains” site:

• A history of radial and streetcar lines in the Junction, including a history of the Toronto Suburban Railway and its Lambton and Guelph lines, by Raymond L. Kennedy, here.