Kipling Subway Station

Kipling Subway, Kipling GO, Kipling Buses

The Kipling subway station is located on the western most part of the Bloor/ Danforth line (Kennedy is on the Eastern most part) of the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) .  Both Kennedy and Kipling stations will be expanding in the future. 

Presto Card Machine

These stations use a "Presto card" which is a top off card (almost like a credit card) for frequent travelers outside of the GTA.  Kipling station was opened in November of 1980 and serves about 50,000 a year which includes the passengers that are connecting onto the Kipling GO station on the Milton line.

Kipling Station is at the of the line and therefore, like Kennedy it is designed primarily for commuter travel and connections out of the city.   For practical purposes the site has the space required for parking and in four separate lots can accommodate over 1700 vehicles.  The site is also located under Power lines and a Hydro substation.  Some of the facilities on site are public washrooms (which need a full time attendant!), an ATM, a newsstand and a mini convenience store.  The other asset to this station is that it has only one exit, so that there isn't a lot of confusion as to where the pick up/drop offs and parking lots are located.  Other than that, there is really not much else in the area.

Lawrence Subway Station

Lawrence Subway Station

Lawrence Park

footprints in the snow

The Lawrence Subway station is on the Yonge-University-Spadina line of the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC).  It was opened to the public in March 1973.  There are about 20,000 people that go through the Lawrence station daily.  Situated in the affluent Toronto neighbourhood, Lawrence Park is rich with history and wealth like the Bridle Path, Forest Hill and Rosedale.  I went for a walk today through Lawrence Park and due to cold temperatures, my camera wasn’t cooperating with me, but did manage to get some fair photos. 

Walk onto residential streets

Playground

Lawrence Park was one of the first planned neighbourhoods in Toronto and it became fully developed after the Second World War.  Lawrence was named after John Lawrence who sold his portion of the park to the Dovercourt Land Building and Saving company in 1907.

Homes of Lawrence Park

Lawrence Subway is also surrounded by several other parks (Bedford Park, Alexander Muir and Lytton Park) ravines, mature trees, winding roads and quiets streets.  Home to many inherently wealthy families as well as young professionals. The houses are mostly original and were constructed between 1890 -1940.   They grace the streets in Tudor, Colonial and English Cottage designs. 

George Herbert Locke Library

From what I could tell the area is inundated with gift shops, sporting good stores, coffee shops and small restaurants.  There is a memorial library named after George Herbert Locke, born in Beamsville in 1870 and who become the chief Librarian of the Toronto Public Library.  He had developed the first library filing system after the First World War.  The library in his honor is situation at the southeast corner of Lawrence and Yonge.