Intermediate Capacity Transit System, Toronto

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• Fonds: Arthur Erickson fonds, 1947-2002 (predominant 1963-2000)
•    Series: Architectural projects, 1963-2002
•      Project: Intermediate Capacity Transit System, Toronto, 1971-1976

People

• Arthur Erickson Architects, Toronto (consulting architectural firm)
• Hawker Siddeley Canada Limited (manufacturing company)
• Arthur Erickson (archive creator)

Title

Intermediate Capacity Transit System, Toronto

Dates of creation

1971-1976

Level of archival description

Project

Extent and Medium

• 151 drawings
• 0.18 l.m. of textual records
• 0.04 l.m. of photographic material

Scope and Content

File documents a demonstration minirail system including vehicles, stations and elevated tracks at the Canadian National Exhibition grounds as part of a proposed expanded city mass transit system (not built), Toronto, Ontario.

File contains design development drawings, photographic material, and textual records (includes photographs).

Reference Number

AP022.S1.1971.PR16

Arrangement

Material in this project series was likely kept in its original order when it was first processed upon its arrival at CCA.

Related units of description

• A file with one colour photograph of a model showing a minirail car is in ARCH255005, file no. 14.

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  • Reference Number: ARCH255262
  • Title: Press clipping from The Toronto Star on the rapid transit system, presentation drawing of a rapid transit car
  • Dates of creation: 1972
  • Form: textual records
  • Catalogued items within this file 0

  People:

  • Arthur Erickson (archive creator)

  Quantity / Object type:

  1 File

  Extent and Medium:

  • 0.01 l.m. of textual records
  • 1 reprographic copy

  Technique and media:

  Diazotypes

  Credit line:

  Arthur Erickson fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
  Don de Arthur Erickson, Architecte/
  Gift of Arthur Erickson, Architect
  

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  • Reference Number: ARCH255271
  • Title: Photographs of the Canadian National Exhibition graounds and surrounding area
  • Dates of creation: circa 1947-2002
  • Form: photographs
  • Catalogued items within this file 0

  People:

  • Arthur Erickson (archive creator)

  Description:

  photographs of the Canadian National Exhibition graounds and surrounding area, Ontario Place, and a rapid transit system in an unidentified city

  Quantity / Object type:

  1 File

  Extent and Medium:

  • approx. 32 photographs

  Technique and media:

  Black and white photographs

  Dimensions:

  photographic materials: 0.02 l.m.

  Credit line:

  Arthur Erickson fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
  Don de Arthur Erickson, Architecte/
  Gift of Arthur Erickson, Architect
  

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  • Reference Number: ARCH255409
  • Title: Maps of downtown Toronto
  • Dates of creation: circa 1947-2002
  • Form: drawings
  • Catalogued items within this file 0

  People:

  • Arthur Erickson (archive creator)

  Quantity / Object type:

  5 File

  Extent and Medium:

  • 5 drawings

  Technique and media:

  Diazotypes

  Dimensions:

  sheet (smallest): 104 x 108 cm sheet (largest): 108 x 128 cm

  Credit line:

  Arthur Erickson fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
  Don de Arthur Erickson, Architecte/
  Gift of Arthur Erickson, Architect
  

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  • Reference Number: ARCH255442
  • Title: "Proposal for the Rehabilitation of Exhibition Park"
  • Dates of creation: 1971
  • Form: textual records
  • Catalogued items within this file 0

  People:

  • Arthur Erickson (archive creator)

  Description:

  2 files - booklet "Proposal for the Rehabilitation of Exhibition Park" (Canadian National Exhibition Planning Task Force) outlines the problems and master plan for the Canadian National Exhibition, including a minirail system; one folder of research on rapid transportation

  Quantity / Object type:

  1 File

  Extent and Medium:

  • 0.01 l.m. of textual records

  Credit line:

  Arthur Erickson fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
  Don de Arthur Erickson, Architecte/
  Gift of Arthur Erickson, Architect
  

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  • Reference Number: ARCH255665
  • Title: Drafts of CNE transportations system presentation proposal
  • Dates of creation: circa 1947-2002
  • Form: textual records
  • Catalogued items within this file 0

  People:

  • Arthur Erickson (archive creator)

  Description:

  drafts of CNE transportations system presentation proposal including photographs of models of the 4 stations; preliminary proposal citing objectives, implementation programme, work tasks for developer, techinical design proposal, site plan and layout.

  Quantity / Object type:

  1 File

  Extent and Medium:

  • 0.05 l.m. of textual records

  Credit line:

  Arthur Erickson fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
  Don de Arthur Erickson, Architecte/
  Gift of Arthur Erickson, Architect
  

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  • Reference Number: ARCH256390
  • Title: Illustrations - plans, sections, exploded view, site plans, elevations, perspectives, newspaper clipping
  • Dates of creation: circa 1947-2002
  • Form: drawings
  • Catalogued items within this file 0

  People:

  • Arthur Erickson (archive creator)

  Quantity / Object type:

  34 File

  Extent and Medium:

  • 34 drawings

  Technique and media:

  Ink on translucent paper, blackline prints

  Dimensions:

  sheet (smallest): 20 x 28 cm sheet (largest): 46 x 69 cm

  Credit line:

  Arthur Erickson fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
  Don de Arthur Erickson, Architecte/
  Gift of Arthur Erickson, Architect
  

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  • Reference Number: ARCH256391
  • Title: Presentation drawings - title sheet, elevations, perspectives
  • Dates of creation: circa 1947-2002
  • Form: photographs
  • Catalogued items within this file 0

  People:

  • Arthur Erickson (archive creator)

  Quantity / Object type:

  1 File

  Extent and Medium:

  • 10 presentation drawings

  Technique and media:

  Photostats

  Dimensions:

  photographic materials: 0.01 l.m.

  Credit line:

  Arthur Erickson fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
  Don de Arthur Erickson, Architecte/
  Gift of Arthur Erickson, Architect
  

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  • Reference Number: ARCH256668
  • Title: Studies
  • Dates of creation: 1975
  • Form: textual records
  • Catalogued items within this file 0

  People:

  • Arthur Erickson (archive creator)

  Description:

  1 file - studies: Transportation Alternatives: A Summary; Performance & Impact of the Alternatives, Year 2000, Eglinton / Kennedy Urban Centre; correspondence with Urban Transportation Development Corp., transmittals

  Quantity / Object type:

  1 File

  Extent and Medium:

  • 0.01 l.m. of textual records

  Credit line:

  Arthur Erickson fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
  Don de Arthur Erickson, Architecte/
  Gift of Arthur Erickson, Architect
  

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  • Reference Number: ARCH257020
  • Title: Toronto Transit Planning Study proposal showing CNE track
  • Dates of creation: 1976
  • Form: textual records
  • Catalogued items within this file 0

  People:

  • Arthur Erickson (archive creator)

  Quantity / Object type:

  1 File

  Extent and Medium:

  • 0.01 l.m. of textual records

  Credit line:

  Arthur Erickson fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
  Don de Arthur Erickson, Architecte/
  Gift of Arthur Erickson, Architect
  

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  • Reference Number: ARCH257527
  • Title: Plans, sections, elevations, perspective of monorail car
  • Dates of creation: circa 1947-2002
  • Form: drawings
  • Catalogued items within this file 0

  People:

  • Arthur Erickson (archive creator)

  Quantity / Object type:

  24 File

  Stage and Purpose:

  • design development drawings

  Extent and Medium:

  • 24 drawings

  Technique and media:

  Graphite, ink and dry transfer on translucent paper

  Dimensions:

  sheet (smallest): 10 x 28 cm sheet (largest): 82 x 110 cm

  Credit line:

  Arthur Erickson fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
  Don de Arthur Erickson, Architecte/
  Gift of Arthur Erickson, Architect
  

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  • Reference Number: ARCH257531
  • Title: Station site plan, perspectives, elevations, plans
  • Dates of creation: circa 1947-2002
  • Form: drawings
  • Catalogued items within this file 0

  People:

  • Arthur Erickson (archive creator)

  Quantity / Object type:

  11 File

  Stage and Purpose:

  • design development drawings

  Extent and Medium:

  • 11 drawings

  Technique and media:

  Graphite, ink and dry transfer on translucent paper

  Dimensions:

  sheet (smallest): 35 x 52.5 cm sheet (largest): 74 x 112 cm

  Credit line:

  Arthur Erickson fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
  Don de Arthur Erickson, Architecte/
  Gift of Arthur Erickson, Architect
  

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  • Reference Number: ARCH257532
  • Title: Site plans, station plans and elevations, sections, exploded circulation diagram
  • Dates of creation: 1973
  • Form: drawings
  • Catalogued items within this file 0

  People:

  • Arthur Erickson (archive creator)

  Quantity / Object type:

  19 File

  Stage and Purpose:

  • design development drawings

  Extent and Medium:

  • 19 drawings

  Technique and media:

  Ink and dry transfer on translucent paper and on tracing paper, diazotypes, sepia prints with revisions in ink and dry transfer

  Dimensions:

  sheet (smallest): 22 x 28 cm sheet (largest): 77 x 107.5 cm

  Credit line:

  Arthur Erickson fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
  Don de Arthur Erickson, Architecte/
  Gift of Arthur Erickson, Architect
  

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  • Reference Number: ARCH257740
  • Title: Design drawings, photos of models
  • Dates of creation: circa 1947-2002
  • Form: photographs
  • Catalogued items within this file 0

  People:

  • Arthur Erickson (archive creator)

  Quantity / Object type:

  1 File

  Extent and Medium:

  • approx. 10 photographic materials

  Technique and media:

  Blackline prints, black-and-white photographs, negatives

  Dimensions:

  photographic materials: 0.01 l.m.

  Credit line:

  Arthur Erickson fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
  Don de Arthur Erickson, Architecte/
  Gift of Arthur Erickson, Architect
  

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  • Reference Number: ARCH257741
  • Title: Design drawings
  • Dates of creation: circa 1947-2002
  • Form: photographs
  • Catalogued items within this file 0

  People:

  • Arthur Erickson (archive creator)

  Quantity / Object type:

  1 File

  Extent and Medium:

  • approx. 15 photographic materials

  Technique and media:

  Blackline prints, black-and-white photographs

  Dimensions:

  photographic materials: 0.01 l.m.

  Credit line:

  Arthur Erickson fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
  Don de Arthur Erickson, Architecte/
  Gift of Arthur Erickson, Architect
  

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  • Reference Number: ARCH257742
  • Title: Design drawings
  • Dates of creation: circa 1947-2002
  • Form: photographs
  • Catalogued items within this file 0

  People:

  • Arthur Erickson (archive creator)

  Quantity / Object type:

  1 File

  Extent and Medium:

  • approx. 15 reprographic copies

  Technique and media:

  Ink and dry transfer on paper and mylar, blackline prints, negatives

  Dimensions:

  photographic materials: 0.01 l.m.

  Credit line:

  Arthur Erickson fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
  Don de Arthur Erickson, Architecte/
  Gift of Arthur Erickson, Architect
  

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  • Reference Number: ARCH257839
  • Title: Black-and-white photographs of signage, Specification for Demonstration System
  • Dates of creation: circa 1947-2002
  • Form: textual records
  • Catalogued items within this file 0

  People:

  • Arthur Erickson (archive creator)

  Quantity / Object type:

  1 File

  Extent and Medium:

  • 0.01 l.m. of textual records

  Credit line:

  Arthur Erickson fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
  Don de Arthur Erickson, Architecte/
  Gift of Arthur Erickson, Architect
  

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  • Reference Number: ARCH257868
  • Title: Station sections and negatives, exterior perspective, title lettering
  • Dates of creation: circa 1947-2002
  • Form: drawings
  • Catalogued items within this file 0

  People:

  • Arthur Erickson (archive creator)

  Quantity / Object type:

  17 File

  Extent and Medium:

  • 17 drawings

  Technique and media:

  Ink, dry transfer on translucent paper, collage on blackline prints

  Dimensions:

  sheet (smallest): 20 x 57.5 cm sheet (largest): 46 x 69 cm

  Credit line:

  Arthur Erickson fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
  Don de Arthur Erickson, Architecte/
  Gift of Arthur Erickson, Architect
  

  Folder Number:

  22-TOR-446

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  • Reference Number: ARCH257892
  • Title: Elevation of CNE Rapid Transit Car, station floor plans, perspective, site plans, aeral photograph of Toronto waterfront
  • Dates of creation: 1972-1973
  • Form: drawings
  • Catalogued items within this file 0

  People:

  • Arthur Erickson (archive creator)

  Quantity / Object type:

  11 File

  Stage and Purpose:

  • design development drawings

  Extent and Medium:

  • 11 drawings

  Technique and media:

  Graphite, ink, coloured pencil on translucent paper, tracing paper, diazotypes

  Dimensions:

  sheet (smallest): 61 x 92 cm sheet (largest): 74 x 106 cm

  Credit line:

  Arthur Erickson fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
  Don de Arthur Erickson, Architecte/
  Gift of Arthur Erickson, Architect
  

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  • Reference Number: ARCH257893
  • Title: Station sketch plans and sections, perspective sketch
  • Dates of creation: circa 1947-2002
  • Form: drawings
  • Catalogued items within this file 0

  People:

  • Arthur Erickson (archive creator)

  Quantity / Object type:

  30 File

  Stage and Purpose:

  • design development drawings

  Extent and Medium:

  • 30 drawings

  Technique and media:

  Graphite, ink on tracing paper

  Dimensions:

  sheet (smallest): 33 x 33 cm sheet (largest): 66 x 106 cm

  Credit line:

  Arthur Erickson fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
  Don de Arthur Erickson, Architecte/
  Gift of Arthur Erickson, Architect