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Colour photograph of one of the three entrances at Chaplin Station, located near the southeast …
Chaplin Station
Colour photograph of one of the three entrances at Chaplin Station, located near the southeast corner of Eglinton Avenue and Chaplin Crescent, a portion of the existing fire hall to the right.

Chaplin Station

Date2024
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Photograph purchased from photographer Arman Bahreini in 2025.
 
Crosstown exhibition held November 22, 2024-February 1, 2025 at Gallery 44 Centre for Contemporary Photography (Toronto, Ontario).

Description from Gallery 44 website: "As the completion of the new Eglinton Crosstown LRT draws closer, taking in any stretch along the new 19km line is a surreal sight to anyone familiar with Eglinton Ave. As roads are repaved and fences come down, we see a street split between its past and future. Inspired by photos from the City of Toronto Archives, artist Arman Bahreini presents a mosaic of Eglinton Ave, depicting it in its current state of change. Just as Bloor St or St Clair Ave have been redefined by transit infrastructure, so will the character of Eglinton Ave, so much so that there will likely come a time when few will remember Eglinton Ave without it. Shot over several months, Bahreini traversed many neighbourhoods along Eglinton Ave between Kennedy Rd and Weston Rd. This is Eglinton in 2024." 

Metrolinx’s Eglinton Crosstown, Toronto’s new light rail transit line, will have 25 stops between Kennedy in the east and Mount Dennis in the west.

Eglinton Crosstown LRT's Chaplin Station will be an underground station located at the intersection of Chaplin Crescent and Eglinton Avenue West.
One of three entrances, the one pictured here is near the southeast corner of Eglinton Avenue and Chaplin Crescent, in place of a portion of the existing fire hall.
In order to accommodate this entrance, fire station 135 located at 641 Eglinton Avenue West was closed and its eastern portion demolished. The western portion has been retained. The fire hall was built in 1932, and is listed on the City of Toronto Inventory of Heritage Properties. A replacement fire station was established on the west side of Chaplin Crescent just north of Eglinton Avenue West. 
GeographyCity, town, townshipToronto
GeographyEast-west streetEglinton Avenue West
GeographyProvince stateOntario
GeographyCountryCanada
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DimensionsImage size: 40.6 cm x 50.8 cm (16 in. x 20 in.)
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CollectionBaldwin Collection of Canadiana
Usage Rights Copyright (Learn More)
Copyright HolderBahreini, Arman
Object Number2025-2-1 Cab II