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Caribou prance in subway. Artist Joyce Wieland stands in front of the wall-hanging she created for new Spadina subway line station on Spadina Rd. near(...)
Caribou prance in subway. Artist Joyce Wieland stands in front of the wall-hanging she created for new Spadina subway line station on Spadina Rd. near(...)

Caribou prance in subway. Artist Joyce Wieland stands in front of the wall-hanging she created for new Spadina subway line station on Spadina Rd. near(...)

Date1/5/1978
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Original Toronto Star caption: Caribou prance in subway. Artist Joyce Wieland stands in front of the wall-hanging she created for new Spadina subway line station on Spadina Rd. near Bloor St. The hanging depicts a herd of caribou and took nine months to make. The controversial plan to decorate new stations ran into heavy public opposition as a frill in a time of budget restraint.
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CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0089242F
A subway station is what this 75-year-old house on Spadina Rd
A subway station is what this 75-year-old house on Spadina Rd
9/26/1974
The new subway's a big bore. Two 75-ton boring machine are ready at Spadina Rd. and Davenport Rd. to be lowered into the ground and pushed along as th(...)
The new subway's a big bore. Two 75-ton boring machine are ready at Spadina Rd. and Davenport Rd. to be lowered into the ground and pushed along as th(...)
1/20/1975
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Near-empty trains on Spadina subway line, above, could be eliminated with express runs, reader claims
8/8/1978
Canada - Ontario - Toronto - Transit Commission - Subways - Spadina Subway - Stations
Canada - Ontario - Toronto - Transit Commission - Subways - Spadina Subway - Stations
n.d.
Friend of Spadina: Allan Schwam, 54, a lifelong resident of the Kensington area and a veteran of the 1970s campaign to stop the Spadina expressway, stands on the site of a new battle - the proposed $50 million Spadina rail line
Friend of Spadina: Allan Schwam, 54, a lifelong resident of the Kensington area and a veteran of the 1970s campaign to stop the Spadina expressway, stands on the site of a new battle - the proposed $50 million Spadina rail line
10/31/1986
Spadina subway rush-hour commuters line up to board train at new St
Spadina subway rush-hour commuters line up to board train at new St
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A huge hole where the Spadina subway will be running some day is all that remains of Everden Rd
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When his house was expropriated to make way for the Spadina subway, William Kutrowski paid the wrecking company $150 to let him take part the stone front and keep it for himself, along with the front door and a mantel
2/6/1975
Block-long plexiglass dome makes Yorkdale station one of most impressive along Spadina subway, which opens this fall
Block-long plexiglass dome makes Yorkdale station one of most impressive along Spadina subway, which opens this fall
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Inside look: Members of a coroner's jury probing the death of passenger John James Morrison (below) in the Spadina station went on a tour of a subway car in May
Inside look: Members of a coroner's jury probing the death of passenger John James Morrison (below) in the Spadina station went on a tour of a subway car in May
6/9/1990
Firemen pulling crash victim from the back of a a Finch and Downtown subway car.
Passenger with a simulated head wound is taken from a tour-car train on the Spadina subway line during a mock emergency
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Joyce Wieland poses with her 1985 self-portrait, Artist On Fire, as she prepares for next Thursday's exhibit at the Art Gallery of Ontario:
Joyce Wieland poses with her 1985 self-portrait, Artist On Fire, as she prepares for next Thursday's exhibit at the Art Gallery of Ontario:
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