nightstreak
Senior Member
Platform 3 is just around the corner on level 2, straight ahead from that sign. I agree that the sign is poorly designed, it looks like it points up.
Platform 3 is just around the corner on level 2, straight ahead from that sign. I agree that the sign is poorly designed, it looks like it points up.
Rascacielo
Senior Member
Really weird sign. Not only is the sign for Platform 3 pointing up and located next to the escalators, but even if it means straight ahead, the sign faces the wrong direction, as you see that sign after you cross the new bridge FROM Union Station. The sign should be pointing TOWARDS Union Station.
nightstreak
Senior Member
No, the Platform 3 door is in that direction, straight ahead and in that corner where I've pointed an arrow to. This platform can be accessed from CIBC Square.
@reinventingthewheel's earlier photo showing the door around the corner:
and @WB62's pic of the platform, magnified with the door from the other side:
Still in agreement that the sign sucks. In fact, most of the wayfinding at CIBC Square is confusing, particularly because the signs themselves are shaped like arrows that don't function as such and simply ignore that they look like they're pointing somewhere when they're not.
This sign downstairs looks like it's pointing right when the arrow shaped sign doesn't intend direction and an arrow pointing left (on the right side of the sign) was later added. Just terrible way finding.
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Rascacielo
Senior Member
Ahh, thanks for the clarification. Toronto is full of terrible wayfinding signs - remember the old signs in PATH? They're better now, but still confusing for the uninitiated.No, the Platform 3 door is in that direction, straight ahead and in that corner where I've pointed an arrow to. This platform can be accessed from CIBC Square.
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@reinventingthewheel's earlier photo showing the door around the corner:
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and @WB62's pic of the platform, magnified with the door from the other side:
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Still in agreement that the sign sucks. In fact, most of the wayfinding at CIBC Square is confusing, particularly because the signs themselves are shaped like arrows that don't function as such and simply ignore that they look like they're pointing somewhere when they're not.
This sign downstairs looks like it's pointing right when the arrow shaped sign doesn't intend direction and an arrow pointing left (on the right side of the sign) was later added. Just terrible way finding.
DSCToronto
Superstar
Yes - the PATH signage tries to be 'too clever' with colours meaning directions. (Yellow=East, Blue = North etc ). This from Wiki explains
Signage and navigation tools
Previous-generation directional signage for Path. Signs used a colour-coded system, with different colours representing different cardinal directions.
In 1987, City Council adopted a unified wayfinding system throughout the network. The design firms Gottschalk+Ash International and Muller Design Associates were hired to design and implement the overall system in consultation with a diverse group of land owners, City staff and stakeholders. A colour-coded system with directional cues was deployed in the early 1990s. Within the various buildings, pedestrians can find a Path system map, plus cardinal directions (red for south, orange for west, blue for north, yellow for east) on ceiling signs at selected junctions. These same colours are also used in the Path logo.
The signage can be hard to find inside some of the various connected buildings. Building owners concerned about losing customers to neighbouring buildings insisted any signage not dominate their buildings or their own signage system. The city relented and the result is the current system. Many complain the system is hard to navigate.[17]