Mount Pleasant station (Toronto)

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Mount Pleasant station (Toronto)

Edited photo captions to describe entrance in former bank branch, plaque being installed in 2023, not 2024

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==Description==
==Description==
[[File:Mount Pleasant station ext 2026-02-08.jpg|thumb|Main entrance in February 2026]]
[[File:Mount Pleasant station ext 2026-02-08.jpg|thumb|Main station entrance, located in a converted historic bank building]]
[[File:Mount Pleasant TTC LRT Station, August 30 2025 (04).jpg|alt=Photo of a largely completed sleek, modern light rail station entrance.|thumb|Secondary entrance in August 2025]]
[[File:Mount Pleasant TTC LRT Station, August 30 2025 (04).jpg|alt=Photo of a largely completed sleek, modern light rail station entrance.|thumb|Secondary entrance in August 2025]]
The station has two entrances. The main, accessible entrance is at the northwest corner of Eglinton Avenue and Mount Pleasant Road. The secondary entrance is just east of Mount Pleasant Road on the north side. The station has storage for 30 bicycles.
The station has two entrances. The main, accessible entrance is at the northwest corner of Eglinton Avenue and Mount Pleasant Road. The secondary entrance is just east of Mount Pleasant Road on the north side. The station has storage for 30 bicycles.
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The station was designed by NORR, following an architectural concept designed by architects [[gh3*]] from Toronto and [[Daoust Lestage|Daoust Lestage Lizotte Stecker]] from Montreal.{{Cite web |last=Lestage |first=Daoust |title=Eglinton Crosstown LRT – Design excellence – Daoust Lestage |url=https://daoustlestage.com/en/project/eglinton-crosstown-lrt-design-excellence/ |access-date=February 22, 2026 |quote=Daoust Lestage inc. (Fairbank Station)
DIALOG and Arcadis (Forest Hill, Chaplin and Avenue Stations)
Arcadis (Mount Dennis, Keelesdale, Oakwood, Eglinton, Leaside, Laird, Science Centre and Kennedy Stations and At-grade Stops)
NORR (Caledonia, Cedarvale and Mount Pleasant Stations)}}{{Cite web |date=July 2019 |title=Eglinton Crosstown Transit Stations |url=https://norr.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Eglinton-Crosstown-Transit-Stations-1.pdf |access-date=February 17, 2026 |website=NORR}}{{Cite news |last=Bozikovic |first=Alex |date=February 8, 2026 |title=Will the Eglinton Crosstown carry Toronto forward? |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-will-the-eglinton-crosstown-carry-toronto-forward/ |access-date=February 16, 2026 |work=The Globe and Mail |language=en-CA}} As with other stations on Line 5, architectural features include natural light from large windows and skylights, steel structures painted white, and orange accents (the colour of the line). The main entrance of the station at 256–258 Eglinton Avenue East was the location of a former branch of the [[Imperial Bank of Canada]] (later [[CIBC]]), in a building originally designed by architect Herbert Horner in 1928. Metrolinx had the building's façade disassembled brick-by-brick, catalogued, labelled and stored for reassembly upon completion of the station's construction. Only the building's façade was preserved.{{cite news |url=http://www.bayview-news.com/2013/11/mcdonalds-to-be-demolished-for-bayview-lrt.html/ |title=McDonalds to be demolished for Bayview LRT |work=Bayview News |date=November 7, 2013 |access-date=October 21, 2015 |quote=A nice bit of news on the northwest corner of Mt Pleasant and Eglinton where, according to Metrolinx information, the facade of the old building will be retained.}}{{cite web |url=http://thecrosstown.ca/news-media/whats-new/mount-pleasant-station-open-house |title=Mount Pleasant Station Open House |publisher=[[Metrolinx]] |date=October 19, 2017 |access-date=March 31, 2017 |quote=•Designed by architect Herbert Horner in 1928, and established as an Imperial Bank of Canada. •In July 2016 demolition of the 256–258 Eglinton Avenue East began. •The façade was disassembled brick-by-brick, cataloged, labelled and stored. •The east portion of the façade will be reassebled upon completion of station construction. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161103125954/http://thecrosstown.ca/news-media/whats-new/mount-pleasant-station-open-house |archive-date=November 3, 2016 |page=32}}
The station was designed by NORR, following an architectural concept designed by architects [[gh3*]] from Toronto and [[Daoust Lestage|Daoust Lestage Lizotte Stecker]] from Montreal.{{Cite web |last=Lestage |first=Daoust |title=Eglinton Crosstown LRT – Design excellence – Daoust Lestage |url=https://daoustlestage.com/en/project/eglinton-crosstown-lrt-design-excellence/ |access-date=February 22, 2026 |quote=Daoust Lestage inc. (Fairbank Station)
DIALOG and Arcadis (Forest Hill, Chaplin and Avenue Stations)
Arcadis (Mount Dennis, Keelesdale, Oakwood, Eglinton, Leaside, Laird, Science Centre and Kennedy Stations and At-grade Stops)
NORR (Caledonia, Cedarvale and Mount Pleasant Stations)}}{{Cite web |date=July 2019 |title=Eglinton Crosstown Transit Stations |url=https://norr.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Eglinton-Crosstown-Transit-Stations-1.pdf |access-date=February 17, 2026 |website=NORR}}{{Cite news |last=Bozikovic |first=Alex |date=February 8, 2026 |title=Will the Eglinton Crosstown carry Toronto forward? |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-will-the-eglinton-crosstown-carry-toronto-forward/ |access-date=February 16, 2026 |work=The Globe and Mail |language=en-CA}} As with other stations on Line 5, architectural features include natural light from large windows and skylights, steel structures painted white, and orange accents (the colour of the line). The main entrance of the station at 256–258 Eglinton Avenue East was the location of a former branch of the [[Imperial Bank of Canada]] (later [[CIBC]]), in a building originally designed by architect Herbert Horner in 1928. Metrolinx had the building's façade disassembled brick-by-brick, catalogued, labelled and stored for reassembly upon completion of the station's construction. Only the building's façade was preserved.{{cite news |url=http://www.bayview-news.com/2013/11/mcdonalds-to-be-demolished-for-bayview-lrt.html/ |title=McDonalds to be demolished for Bayview LRT |work=Bayview News |date=November 7, 2013 |access-date=October 21, 2015 |quote=A nice bit of news on the northwest corner of Mt Pleasant and Eglinton where, according to Metrolinx information, the facade of the old building will be retained.}}{{cite web |url=http://thecrosstown.ca/news-media/whats-new/mount-pleasant-station-open-house |title=Mount Pleasant Station Open House |publisher=[[Metrolinx]] |date=October 19, 2017 |access-date=March 31, 2017 |quote=•Designed by architect Herbert Horner in 1928, and established as an Imperial Bank of Canada. •In July 2016 demolition of the 256–258 Eglinton Avenue East began. •The façade was disassembled brick-by-brick, cataloged, labelled and stored. •The east portion of the façade will be reassebled upon completion of station construction. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161103125954/http://thecrosstown.ca/news-media/whats-new/mount-pleasant-station-open-house |archive-date=November 3, 2016 |page=32}}


[[File:Mount Pleasant Station Heritage Plaque.jpg|thumb|Plaque installed by [[Heritage Toronto]] at the main entrance, May 2024]]
[[File:Mount Pleasant Station Heritage Plaque.jpg|thumb|Plaque installed by [[Heritage Toronto]] at the main entrance in 2023]]


== Surface connections ==
== Surface connections ==
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