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SkyDOme taking shape. Tiers of seating sections and stairs can be seen (above) at the north end of the SkyDome site while a view from the CN Tower (le(...)
SkyDOme taking shape. Tiers of seating sections and stairs can be seen (above) at the north end of the SkyDome site while a view from the CN Tower (le(...)

SkyDOme taking shape. Tiers of seating sections and stairs can be seen (above) at the north end of the SkyDome site while a view from the CN Tower (le(...)

Date9/1/1987
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Original Toronto Star caption: SkyDOme taking shape. Tiers of seating sections and stairs can be seen (above) at the north end of the SkyDome site while a view from the CN Tower (left) shows its circular frame and the giant crane that will life the roof section into place. Workers are to assemble the crane; which was used at Expo 67 in Montreal; this week.
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CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0098119F
Looking south from the lobby of the hotel being built at the north end of the SkyDome, you can see all five levels of seating. Field level seat tiers (...)
Looking south from the lobby of the hotel being built at the north end of the SkyDome, you can see all five levels of seating. Field level seat tiers (...)
10/28/1988
Taking shape: The first of three roof panels to be moved covers the south end of SkyDome, following a successful and unexpectedly quiet trip from the north end yesterday
Taking shape: The first of three roof panels to be moved covers the south end of SkyDome, following a successful and unexpectedly quiet trip from the north end yesterday
1/10/1989
Fans and ballplayers are little more than dots in this bird's-eye view of the jam-packed SkyDome, taken last night from a window washer's cage on the CN Tower at Jays home opener
Fans and ballplayers are little more than dots in this bird's-eye view of the jam-packed SkyDome, taken last night from a window washer's cage on the CN Tower at Jays home opener
6/5/1989
ing and the CN Tower form a unit, male and female, obelisk and sphere, explains SkyDome's chief architect Rod Robbi [Incomplete]
ing and the CN Tower form a unit, male and female, obelisk and sphere, explains SkyDome's chief architect Rod Robbi [Incomplete]
5/8/1989
Concrete pours at Skydome: Truck operator Havey Stevenson pours fresh concrete from his mixer into a bucket at the downtown SkyDome site today, the first since May 9
Concrete pours at Skydome: Truck operator Havey Stevenson pours fresh concrete from his mixer into a bucket at the downtown SkyDome site today, the first since May 9
6/24/1988
Dwarfed by several oversized baseball fans, a couple of SkyDome construction workers look over the downtown scene while taking a coffee break on the g(...)
Dwarfed by several oversized baseball fans, a couple of SkyDome construction workers look over the downtown scene while taking a coffee break on the g(...)
5/3/1989
Nov. '88. The SkyDome begins to take shape, left, its mass dwarfing and shading workers
Nov. '88. The SkyDome begins to take shape, left, its mass dwarfing and shading workers
11/30/1988
Crane's 200-foot boom topples at SkyDome site
Crane's 200-foot boom topples at SkyDome site
5/25/1987
The SkyDome site's west side was awarming with workers today after city council gave a two-day reprieve for completion
The SkyDome site's west side was awarming with workers today after city council gave a two-day reprieve for completion
3/30/1989
South end of the SkyDome's retractable roof (at right) was moved for the first time last night, as a few workers and dome officials watched
South end of the SkyDome's retractable roof (at right) was moved for the first time last night, as a few workers and dome officials watched
1/9/1989
Michael Snow's gargoyle-like work The Audience, graces the SkyDome (above)
Michael Snow's gargoyle-like work The Audience, graces the SkyDome (above)
2/26/1990
Three-Run homers like Fred McGriff's effort, above, as a rookie during spring training in March, 1984, could be harder to come by in SkyDome. The uniq(...)
Three-Run homers like Fred McGriff's effort, above, as a rookie during spring training in March, 1984, could be harder to come by in SkyDome. The uniq(...)
5/8/1989