First a little about the property. This was the original bus station for the city of Oshawa, It was built in 1992.With the advent of less and less Bus travel and the opening of the Go train service to Toronto, the Bus terminal closed in 2018 and is now slated for redevelopment.
Recently they filmed some action shots of the hit TV. series Reacher in the building.
Hope they keep the murals.
The artwork and murals were Commissioned in1996 and is a tribute to General Motors.
Please remember these are all painted on concrete panels.
The above panel illustrates members of the McLaughlin Family, founders of the McLaughlin Carriage Company and McLaughlin Motor Car Company, which eventually became General Motors of Canada.
The above panel shows GM’s car 7 symbols, Can you name them? Buick, Saturn, Pontiac, Oldsmobile, Chevrolet, GMC, and Cadillac.
The workforce Diversity is illustrated on the third panel through the use of gender, race and age.
As the state of technology increased , car designs changed as shown on the fourth panel and the use of computers and computer programs increased.
The Crash Test Dummies found at the GM South Plant are painted on the fifth panel.
The loon found on the sixth panel is seen at the GM Canada Headquarters, at the McLaughlin Bay, or the 2nd Marsh project. This was GM’s commitment to the environment.
The seventh mural came from an actual letter and enclosed photograph. It shows three generations: a grandmother, a mother, and a granddaughter, standing proudly in front of their new “Sunfires.” Which I understand where all delivered on the same day. They wrote GM expressing how pleased they were with their new cars.
In the final panel painted are two examples of the cars produced in Oshawa: the Buick Century and the GMC Pick-up.
I do hope whatever happens to the old Bus Station they somehow keep these murals.
Please remember these are all painted on concrete panels.
