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From the outside or the inside, the CN tower looms high
From the outside or the inside, the CN tower looms high

From the outside or the inside, the CN tower looms high

Date11/25/1974
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Original Toronto Star caption: From the outside or the inside; the CN tower looms high. Such a fine landmark... deserves distinction on a national level; one reader says in letter below. Bruce Gates suggests the Canadian government commission a silver dollar and a stamp to commemorate it.
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0109815F
The CN tower, seen from the top of Commerce Court, looms over the fog
The CN tower, seen from the top of Commerce Court, looms over the fog
10/25/1973
Catching spring's first rays, The dowtown Toronto skyline, with the CN Tower standing tall, looms large far behind Etobicoke's Humber Park West, throu(...)
Catching spring's first rays, The dowtown Toronto skyline, with the CN Tower standing tall, looms large far behind Etobicoke's Humber Park West, throu(...)
4/8/1991
Protective coat for CN tower. All-weather coating to protect the CN tower's mast from ice and snow is being installed. First sections of the fiberglas(...)
Protective coat for CN tower. All-weather coating to protect the CN tower's mast from ice and snow is being installed. First sections of the fiberglas(...)
6/15/1975
Pyramid close to famous hotel, The bulk of the great Pyramid of Gizeh looms up close to the Mena House Hotel, located seven miles outside Cairo, Egypt. This is a view from the front of the hotel
Pyramid close to famous hotel, The bulk of the great Pyramid of Gizeh looms up close to the Mena House Hotel, located seven miles outside Cairo, Egypt. This is a view from the front of the hotel
12/1/1943
Solid handlwork: Art Cooke spent the summer of '45 chiseling mortar off old bricks to build the home he and his wife still live in on Burnett Ave. Today, a high-rise looms near the site he bought for $350. Above, Cooke admires the sturdy bricks he bought for $352 and hauled in a rented truck from the Swift meatpacking plant.
Solid handlwork: Art Cooke spent the summer of '45 chiseling mortar off old bricks to build the home he and his wife still live in on Burnett Ave. Today, a high-rise looms near the site he bought for $350. Above, Cooke admires the sturdy bricks he bought for $352 and hauled in a rented truck from the Swift meatpacking plant.
10/7/1982
Up goes the CN tower's crown. That crown-like structure that has been inching up the CN Tower is 350 tons of pod structure that will be the forms of t(...)
Up goes the CN tower's crown. That crown-like structure that has been inching up the CN Tower is 350 tons of pod structure that will be the forms of t(...)
8/21/1974
. . . And it's a long way to the ground. Looking straight down on the restaurant framework from approximately 1,815 feet (553.3 m) up, the CN Tower is(...)
. . . And it's a long way to the ground. Looking straight down on the restaurant framework from approximately 1,815 feet (553.3 m) up, the CN Tower is(...)
8/21/1974
Sitting on top of Toronto. Perched 1,470 feet above Toronto and 27 feet out from the growing CN Tower, iron worker Larry Porter pulls at the hook of a(...)
Sitting on top of Toronto. Perched 1,470 feet above Toronto and 27 feet out from the growing CN Tower, iron worker Larry Porter pulls at the hook of a(...)
6/6/1974
Workman Yvon Rainville, atop the CN tower, lifts his coffee cup in salute to his fellow workers as their towers reaches 785 feet, making it one foot t(...)
Workman Yvon Rainville, atop the CN tower, lifts his coffee cup in salute to his fellow workers as their towers reaches 785 feet, making it one foot t(...)
9/26/1973
The dinoceras looms high behind David Chester of Scarboro
The dinoceras looms high behind David Chester of Scarboro
8/25/1964
Inside restaurant, workmen seal seams in area where customers will be moved in full circle around tower
Inside restaurant, workmen seal seams in area where customers will be moved in full circle around tower
9/11/1975
Canada - Ontario - Toronto - Buildings - CN Tower - Construction 1973
Canada - Ontario - Toronto - Buildings - CN Tower - Construction 1973
10/11/1973