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In July 2009, the Design Trust for Public Space awarded the...

illustratedvancouver — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:40:05 -0800

In July 2009, the Design Trust for Public Space awarded the fifth Photo Urbanism fellowship to Kramer O’Neill for his project Same Time Every Day. Mr. O’Neill’s ambitious project was “an attempt to reveal moments of grace in the mystery of the city’s life, one tiny instant at a time.”

For his fellowship, Mr. O’Neill spent 18 months photographing five distinct locations throughout New York City at the same time, every day (view a Google map of the project). His images capture the poetic moments that happen in the public realm every day, elegantly illuminating the quotidian, the strange,and the beautiful.

quote via http://www.designtrust.org/projects/project_09pu5.html

image via Design Trust for Public Space’s flickr photostream

Subway, a poem about unborn love, by Montreal-based poet Paul...

illustratedvancouver — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:20:06 -0800

Subway, a poem about unborn love, by Montreal-based poet Paul Hartal adapted into a short film by Iris Dekker at the Free University of Amsterdam. Here is the poem:

Subway

He saw her at the subway station
Standing on the platform waiting for the train.
Inside the car they sat in front of each other.
She was quite young.

Though not strikingly pretty
She was good looking and attractive
And he liked her back-combed black hair.
It was long and lustrous and gathered into a chignon
And softened with a purple satin ribbon
That matched her elegant blue dress.
She wore high heeled black shoes
And her ivory skin shone on her comely legs.

The train moved and stopped
And moved again
At the stations the doors opened and closed
And people streamed out and in.

She sat quietly in her seat
And then opened her purse
And pulled out a candy
Wrapped in golden paper.
She removed carefully the wrapping
Put the candy slowly into her mouth
And then folded neatly the paper
And put it back into her purse.

He watched her discretely for a short while
And then closed his eyes
And when he opened them he saw
That she cast a timid glance looking at him.

He liked her.
He wanted to start a conversation with her
But somehow it just did not seem appropriate
To address a complete stranger on a train
And besides he was afraid to say something silly.
So he remained silent.

He wanted to say something to her
But he did not have the courage.
And then suddenly he panicked
Because he realized that he cannot speak
That he cannot pass through the invisible barrier
That extended between them

That despite her presence
He cannot reach out to her
That he is unable to have her in his life
And that they soon will get off the train
And he probably never will see her again.

The car wheels
Kept clacking and rattling over the rails
And they both sat silently on their seats
Two lonely islands in a withdrawn crowd.

Then the subway pulled into a station
And it was time to alight from the car.
Without saying a word
He walked through the door
And across the car window he saw her.
She was looking at him.

The train began to move slowly
Along the platform of the station
A moving image melting away
Like an ice dragon in the heat of summer.

In a few seconds it vanished
Into the thin air through the dark mouth

Of the subway tunnel.

Poem by Paul Hartal

via http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/subway-4/

Redrawing transit lines throughout the city, an illustration by...

illustratedvancouver — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 11:20:06 -0800

Redrawing transit lines throughout the city, an illustration by architect Roger Kemble. Seen on his website (cached page), where he discusses how one might ‘re-boot’ the City of Vancouver.

Photo

sillygwailo — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:50:10 -0800

illustratedvancouver: Cindy Buckshon’s Transit Roots Art...

counti8 — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:15:07 -0800

illustratedvancouver:

Cindy Buckshon’s Transit Roots Art Exhibition opens this Saturday, February 11, 2012 at the Deer Lake Gallery in Burnaby. I’m resisting the urge to show a link to her blog to help build suspense! I just know this show will be loaded with Vancouver transit love, and I implore you to go and check it out! Makes a great Valentine’s expedition!

Reception is from 2-4pm, and refreshments will be served, the general public is welcome; transit riders especially welcome! I believe the gallery is only open Tues - Sat Noon - 4pm, so be sure to get there before 4!

6584 Deer Lake Avenue
Burnaby, BC
Map to Deer Lake Gallery

The cutest bus EVAR made! I’m sure of it! Yellow Coach...

illustratedvancouver — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:40:06 -0800

The *cutest* bus EVAR made! I’m sure of it! Yellow Coach 27 passenger model, again scanned via hoteldennis on flickr.

Urban intervention in Washington, DC by Mark Jenkins, via...

illustratedvancouver — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:20:06 -0800

Urban intervention in Washington, DC by Mark Jenkins, via BoingBoing.

ryansttcphotos: M_20120204_IMG_0494 on Flickr. Here’s an...

illustratedvancouver — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 11:20:06 -0800

ryansttcphotos:

M_20120204_IMG_0494 on Flickr.

Here’s an awesome photo taken by my brother of a new Toronto Rocket train meeting an older T1 train at Rosedale station.

Check out our website at http://www.ryansttcphotos.ca for more TTC photos!

More Fageol buses, tweaked from brochures originally posted to...

illustratedvancouver — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:42:00 -0800

More Fageol buses, tweaked from brochures originally posted to flickr by Hoteldennis. I stumbled onto these after learning this sketch I posted to Illustrated Vancouver featured a Fageol bus.

London Tube Cuff Embossed (on sale at Fab.com, along with NYC,...

counti8 — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 11:28:09 -0800

London Tube Cuff Embossed (on sale at Fab.com, along with NYC, Paris, an Milan)

You might claim to know the London Tube system like the back of your hand, but what about when visiting Aunt Cheryl followed your discombobulated directions to Piccadilly Circus and ended up in East London? Stop boasting and feel confident that you (or Auntie) will get to your destination without squinting at the train’s subway map through another person’s armpit. Designhype’s London Tube cuff helps locals and tourists alike navigate the subway system inconspicuously and in style. Also makes a perfect gift for an ex-pat friend who misses the Circle Line!

pasttensevancouver: Streetcars, Monday 5 February...

counti8 — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 11:20:05 -0800

pasttensevancouver:

Streetcars, Monday 5 February 19l40

Source: Vancouver Sun

Transit mishaps of yesteryear.

Fageol Twin Coaches…for every type of transit service. In...

illustratedvancouver — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 17:51:02 -0800

Fageol Twin Coaches…for every type of transit service.

In addition to the six standard models described in this booklet, Twin Coach also manufactures Super Twins and Trolley Coaches for urban service.

For intercity operations, Twin Coach produces Highway Luxury Liners.

All Twin Coach equipment utilizes the some construction and mechanical features which this booklet describes. Super Twins and Intercity highway Luxury Liners are powered with dual Fageol Twin Coach engines that develop 360 H.P. Together, these engines double the power output of prewar power plants without increasing engine weight. Matched hydraulic torque converters eliminate gear shifting and provide smooth, sustained acceleration.

Advertisement for Fageol Twin Coaches, tweaked in PS, originally posted to flickr here.

A startlingly awesome view of trolley wires appears at 7:15 in...

illustratedvancouver — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 14:42:11 -0800

A startlingly awesome view of trolley wires appears at 7:15 in this video, from a B.C. Electric 1947 Candian Car T-44 bus number 2040, shot from the back window on Sunday, June 19th, 2011 by TranslinkKid. As I commented, someone should mount a wideangle HD cam which can capture surrounding buildings, and shoot an ethereal music video from this perspective! A couple more cool Brill videos, Brill trolleys racing side by side in Vancouver, BC down Hastings Street (2010), and a sad farewell to Brill 2405 (2011).

titularhumour: nickoftimelosangelesblog: A streetcar operating...

illustratedvancouver — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:52:39 -0800

titularhumour:

nickoftimelosangelesblog:

A streetcar operating on the international streetcar line that connected El Paso, Texas, USA, with Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, until 1973.

I did not know about this! Are there any local transit connections between the US and Mexico today? (Detroit and Windsor have a bus.)

Found in Translation - First train ride in Japan did not go as...

illustratedvancouver — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 19:48:26 -0800

Found in Translation - First train ride in Japan did not go as well as hoped. Uploaded to Youtube by japanarchist on Jun 24, 2011.

ryansttcphotos: I’m really going to miss these subway trains....

illustratedvancouver — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 13:26:10 -0800

ryansttcphotos:

I’m really going to miss these subway trains. They bring back a lot of memories. I remember always arriving at Bathurst station right on time and catching a train going westbound to Dufferin to get to school, and that train was always an H4. Always.

My brother covered the last run of these trains. Expect some photos to be up on ryansttcphotos.ca and on flickr soon! (:

kris2flip:

nationalpost:

TTC retires its oldest operating subway train — the last with bench seating and without air-conditioning
After 35 years in service and “a lot” of stops across Toronto, the oldest subway train in the TTC’s fleet, the last with bench seating and without air conditioning, was retired Friday morning.

At 7:27 a.m., the H4 train left eastbound for Greenwood Station. From there it crossed the city twice on the Bloor-Danforth line. The train’s arrival at Kennedy Station after 9:00 a.m. was its last stop.

“I don’t think anybody will miss the lack of air conditioning, but they were a good stable hard-working subway train, very reliable in its day,” said TTC spokesperson Brad Ross. “It’s progress, but it’s also some nostalgia on a day like today.” (Photos: TTC)

My friend was on the last ride. I’m gonna miss these comfy chairs.

titularhumour: This is a pretty video of Toronto streetcars...

counti8 — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 11:20:05 -0800

titularhumour:

This is a pretty video of Toronto streetcars over the course of a day.

Spadina (the pinkish vertical line at centre-right) goes all wonky at the tail end of the morning rush hour. It’s frustrating on the ground but bunched streetcars bouncing back and forth look kind of cartoonish when rendered this way.

Transit Maps as Artat Fab.com until tomorrow. Paris,...

counti8 — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 11:08:51 -0800

Transit Maps as Art
at Fab.com until tomorrow.

Paris, Washington, Chicago, SF, Moscow, New York and of course, London. A nice alternative to the “official maps.”

cordura: Cross Fader a train interior in Romania, taken by a...

illustratedvancouver — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 11:20:05 -0800

cordura:

Cross Fader

a train interior in Romania, taken by a young student in Romania

The 505, oil on canvas 22” x 46”, a painting by...

illustratedvancouver — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 13:00:05 -0800

The 505, oil on canvas 22” x 46”, a painting by Peter Harris, 2011. A new arrival at the Ian Tan Gallery in Vancouver.