Rosedale is a station on the Yonge–University–Spadina line of the subway system

Toronto subway and RT

The Toronto subway and RT is a rapid transit system in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, consisting of both underground and elevated railway lines, operated by the Toronto Transit Commission . It was Canada's first completed subway system, with the first line being built under Yonge Street, which opened in...

 of Toronto

Toronto

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, Ontario

Ontario

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, Canada

Canada

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. It is located at 1009 Yonge Street

Yonge Street

Yonge Street is a major arterial route connecting the shores of Lake Ontario in Toronto to Lake Simcoe, a gateway to the Upper Great Lakes. It was formerly listed in the Guinness Book of Records as the longest street in the world at , and the construction of Yonge Street is designated an "Event of...

 at Crescent Road.

Despite its proximity to downtown Toronto, it is one of the lesser used stations in the subway system, reflecting its lack of high volume surface route connections and the lower population and employment density of the affluent Rosedale neighbourhood.

Architecture

This open-air station has separate canopies over the two platforms. Two pedestrian bridges allow access to the northbound platform on the east side; one from the main entance off Crescent Road and the other from the bus platforms on the west side of the station

The station, designed by John B. Parkin in 1947 and opened in 1954, was designated as a heritage property, under PART IV of the Ontario Heritage Act

Ontario Heritage Act

The Ontario Heritage Act, first enacted on March 5, 1975, allows municipalities and the provincial government to designate individual properties and districts in the Province of Ontario, Canada, as being of cultural heritage value or interest....

 by City of Toronto By-law 440-90, passed 13 August 1990. Note that the address given for the designation of 7 Crescent Road, differs from the TTC address, but more accurately describes the location.

Concrete rehabilitation continues on the station platforms, which have deteriorated due to years of exposure to the outside elements.

Subway infrastructure in the vicinity

After leaving Bloor station northbound, the Yonge–University–Spadina line crosses under Church Street in a tunnel and emerges to the surface at the Ellis Portal, running in a cutting through Rosedale station. Originally the line continued north in open cut all the way to the Price Portal, where the tunnel resumed, but a one-block section from Rowanwood Drive to Price was roofed over in 2002 for parking.

Budd Sugarman Park

The southwesterly portion of the property, which is surplus to the needs of the TTC for use as part of the subway or bus station, has been developed as a public park. The park is named in honour of the civic activist Budd Sugarman, who died in 2004. In 2008 the City of Toronto, Parks, Forestry and Recreation Division

Toronto Parks, Forestry and Recreation Division

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 proposed an expansion of the park along Yonge Street and a reconfiguration of the bus loop. This was rejected by the TTC on the grounds that it would negatively affect passengers and bus operations, while providing no transit benefits, and eliminate any potential long term development of the site, which is contrary to a stated policy of encouraging development at subway stations.

Nearby landmarks

Nearby landmarks include Ramsden Park

Ramsden Park

Ramsden Park is a public park located at 1020 Yonge Street in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, with access via Ramsden Park Road.From the 1840s to the 1890s this was the location of the Yorkville Brick Yards. The yellowish-white bricks produced were used for many buildings in the village and city...

, the Studio Building

Studio Building (Toronto)

The Studio Building in Toronto, Ontario, Canada was the home and working studio of several of the famous Group of Seven painters, their predecessors, and their artistic descendants, and is of enormous significance in the history of Canadian art...

 and the neighbourhood of Rosedale

Rosedale, Toronto

Rosedale is an affluent neighbourhood in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, which was formerly the estate of William Botsford Jarvis, and so named by his wife, granddaughter of William Dummer Powell, for the wild roses that grew there in abundance....

.

Surface connections

• 82 Rosedale - loops within the station
• 97 Yonge - a transfer is required for boarding on Yonge Street

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