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I'm not going to waste a lot of time describing the CN Tower for various reasons. First, there are probably 800 descriptions of it. Second, I have no idea of its history or intended significance, since its something that attracts tourists not locals. Finally, the people of Toronto really only have one use for the Tower, although than luring tourists with hard currency: it's our massive compas. If ever you're lost or disoriented in the city, simply look for the Tower and you've found south/the Lake. Its really that simple. Leave a Comment Directions: In the heart of Downtown Toronto, right in between the SkyDome and the Metro Toronto Convention Centre on Front Street, just north of Bremner Blvd.Website: http://www.cntower.ca/
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If you are at all afraid of heights, this is not for you. Walking on a "glass floor" 1700 feet in the air can make ever the most sturdy stomach flinch a bit...
But the views of Toronto are incredible, and it will give you a whole new perspective to watching a baseball game if you're lucky enough to have the Dome open... Leave a Comment Directions: In the heart of Downtown Toronto, right in between the SkyDome and the Metro Toronto Convention Centre on Front Street, just north of Bremner Blvd.Website: http://www.cntower.ca/
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If you dine at the revolving restaurant at the CN Tower (with the purchase of at least a main course) , you get complimentary access to the observation deck. It's a great way to enjoy the 360 degree views of the city.
Don't miss the chance to stand on a pane of glass as you look down to the ground in the observation deck! It was so scary for me! Although it was even more scarier seeing kids jumping on it. Directions: In the heart of Downtown Toronto, right in between the SkyDome and the Metro Toronto Convention Centre on Front Street, just north of Bremner Blvd.Website: http://www.cntower.ca/
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If you go to the top of the CN Tower don't miss the view from the glass floor! It gives you a bit of vertigo, but still, It's great! Leave a Comment Directions: In the heart of Downtown Toronto, right in between the SkyDome and the Metro Toronto Convention Centre on Front Street, just north of Bremner Blvd.Website: http://www.cntower.ca/
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It is VERY over priced to go up in the tower and even though they say you can see Niagara Falls on a clear day, they do not mean the actual falls. But once you get up to the Observation Level it is an amazing view. Especially if you appreciate cities or have a general idea at the landmarks you are looking at. Make sure if you are spending the near $30 to go up the tower, you are going on a clear day.
A way around the price entrance is to buy a city pass... if you only go to 3 of the 5 places you are allowed to go on the pass, you have saved money. www.citypass.com Directions: In the heart of Downtown Toronto, right in between the SkyDome and the Metro Toronto Convention Centre on Front Street, just north of Bremner Blvd.Website: http://www.cntower.ca/
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It is fitting that television, the technological wonder that profoundly changed life in the 20th century, spurred the building of the era's tallest freestanding structure. In the late 1960's, Toronto's soaring skyline began to play havoc with signals from conventional transmission towers. Signals bouncing off the city's skyscrapers produced a number of problems, including the annoying phenomenon of "ghosting" on television sets. Weaker signals competed with stronger ones, giving viewers the effects of watching two programs at once. To improve the situation, Canadian National Railways, or CN, proposed building a transmission tower that would stand head and shoulders - and then some - above Toronto's tallest buildings.
Foundation work began in 1973. Giant backhoes excavated more than 62,000 tons of earth and shale to a depth of 50 feet from a along the shore of Lake Ontario in Toronto harbour. Next, prestressed concrete and reinforced steel were arranged in a Y-shaped pattern 22 feet thick. Each hollow leg of the Y would carry its fair share of the tower's 130,000-ton burden.
The foundation took only four months to complete. The tower itself presented a challenge of height never before met by the technique of poured concrete. To meet that challenge, engineers designed a huge mold known as a slip form. Concrete was poured 24 hours a day, five days a week, and as it hardened, the mold moved upward by means of a ring of hydraulic jacks. The ascending slip form gradually decreased in girth to give the tower its tapering shape.
Completed in 1975, the tower had cost $57 million to build, a bargain compared with other modern wonders. It also boasted incredible statistics of precision and safety. During construction, surveyors' transits up to a thousand feet away focused on optical plumbs mounted on the slip-form base. The constant surveillance kept the structure an incredible 1.1 inches within plumb. Leave a Comment Directions: In the heart of Downtown Toronto, right in between the SkyDome and the Metro Toronto Convention Centre on Front Street, just north of Bremner Blvd.Website: http://www.cntower.ca/
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Look down from the glass bottom observatory, you can see the roof top of Skydom. Leave a Comment
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Must see the Toronto skyline from atop the CN Tower. Leave a Comment Other Contact: (416) 868-6937
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My friend here plucked up the courage to step onto the floor...but could she look down to see the view beneath her feet??
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No visitor to Toronto can resist not going up the CN Tower, which is one of the famous wonders of Canada. Although it was built almost 30 years ago, it still holds the title of the world's tallest free standing structure. With a height of 553.33m it is 44 meters higher than Taipei 101. Leave a Comment Directions: In the heart of Downtown Toronto, right in between the SkyDome and the Metro Toronto Convention Centre on Front Street, just north of Bremner Blvd.Website: http://www.cntower.ca/
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