CN Tower Disappears

Toronto, ON - Derek - Friday, July 31st, 2009 : goo

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The CN Tower - it's Toronto's most iconic and unavoidable building. Ever since its completion in 1976, the Tower has not only dominated the city's skyline, but at just over 553 metres, it's been a ubiquitous presence in general. And with this in mind, I've often wondered what the city might look like without it.

In fact, it was a tragedy that got me dwelling on this hypothetical scenario. After a 2002 visit to the former World Trade Center site in New York City, I couldn't help but imagine what the loss of the CN Tower would mean to my city's physical and psychological landscape.

With a brief exception when the so-called Toronto 18 were alleged to have plotted to take down the Tower, these ominous thoughts eventually faded from mind. And yet, every time I would take a photograph that included the CN Tower, it would again spark a curiosity about what the city would look like in its absence.

Full article at www.blogto.com/city/2009/07/a_cn_tower-less_toronto/

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