Around Union Subway Station
When I stop at Union Subway Station, I like to follow the indoor signs to Air Canada Centre (a corridor links Union Station to Air Canada on its south end) and exit through its eastern door into Bay Street. That's where you'll find the sculpture Wins, Losses and Ties created in 1999 by Micah Lexier. There's more to what looks like an inverted pipe organ than meets the eye. (Read the explanation below.)
If you look down, you'll notice engraved marble slates topped with the three words Wins, Losses, and Ties (easier to see when the sidewalk is wet).
They are referring to hockey games played by the Toronto Maple Leafs in the old Maple Leaf Centre, up to the year when all hockey games were moved to Air Canada Centre. At the bottom, you can read the years the games took place and look up to see what happened that specific year, score wise. For example, during the season 1959-1960, the Maple Leafs won 35 games, lost 26, and 9 games ended with a tie.
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If you exit Air Canada Centre through the western door, you'll get to see the landmark sculpture of three giant columns with stars cut-out: Search Light, Star Light, Spot Light, by John McEwen, and erected in 1998. This part of town is now called Maple Leaf Square and it included a giant screen where we can sometimes watch live games taking place inside the Centre.
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