CN Tower, Toronto

The CN Tower is a Communication and tourist tower that is 553.33m (1,815 ft 5 in) tall. It is placed on Front Street that is situated in the heart of the public of the city. It arouses the interest of more than 2 million international visitors every year to enjoy the full attraction of the city.

The CN Tower is a Communication and tourist tower that is 553.33m (1,815 ft 5 in) tall. It is placed on Front Street that is situated in the heart of the public of the city. It arouses the interest of more than 2 million international visitors every year to enjoy the full attraction of the city.

Being completed in the year 1976, the CN tower is the world’s tallest free-standing structure on land and the centre of tourism in Toronto. It is the most celebrated icon that is easy to access from the union station, many major highways and the streets. The CN tower is opened on all 364 days except on the Christmas day and the operating hours of the tower are adjusted based on seasons.

The CN tower consists of a concrete hexagonal pillar supported by elevators, and escalators. The main level of CN tower has 7 floors which are open to limited number of people. At the height of 342m, there is a glass floor and an outdoor Observation Deck. The people of the city experience acrophobia by standing on this glass floor.

At the height of 346m, there is a Horizons café and a good ambience. At the height of 351m, there is a 360 degree dining restaurant that gives the visitors a complete 360 degree view of the amazing city, every 72 minutes. The tower also has a market place with 10,000 square feet of space dedicated for shops. The kids also can enjoy the entertainment centre filled with the interactive rides, the motion simulators and an arcade.

Location

The CN Tower is located on the north shore of Lake Ontario in Toronto, Canada.

Historical Importance

In late 1960s, Toronto was a "boom town" as it is filled with numerous large skyscrapers in the downtown core. As a result, the broadcasting into the downtown area was very difficult due to reflections off the buildings. The only solution was to raise the antennas above the buildings and so, the concept of CN Tower was raised from a 1968 Canadian National Railway in order to build a large TV and radio communication platform in the Toronto area. Many plans evolved over the next few years with the official launch of the project in 1972.

The construction on the CN Tower started on February 6, 1973 with massive excavations at the tower base for the foundation. To build the main support pillar, a hydraulically-raised slipform was built at the base. Two years into the construction, the plans for Metro Centre were scrapped, leaving the Tower isolated on the Railway Lands in what was then a largely abandoned light-industrial space.

The CN Tower was thrown open to the public on June 26, 1976, although the official opening date was October 1. As the area around the Tower developed very fast, with the introduction of the Metro Toronto Convention Centre and the Rogers Centre, it became the centre of a newly developing entertainment area. Access was greatly improved and by mid-1990s it was the centre of a thriving tourist district.

Nearby Attractions

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Chinatown
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Design Exchange
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Eaton Centre
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Elgin and Winter Garden Theatre Centre
It has the finest double-decker theater complexes in the world.

Financial District
It is the place where the Canada’s major banks are housed.

Four Season Centre for the Performing Art
It is the home for the Canadian Opera Company and the National Ballet of Canada.

Harbourfront Centre
It is a 10-acre waterfront community along the Lake Ontario.

Historic Fort York
It is the birth place of Toronto and the site of the 1813 Battle of York Hockey.

Kensington Market
It has the rich cultural diversity in Toronto.

Ontario Science Centre
It is a place to learn about the planet.

Path
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Rogers Centre
It is the home field for both indoor/outdoor Sports Centres of the Toronto Blue Jays baseball team and the Canadian Football League Argonauts team.

Royal Ontario Musueum
It has a collection of more than 6 million objects.

St. James Cathedral
It is a wonderful place for Record setting heights and the melodic peal of bells.

Toronto's First Post Office
It is an interesting place and the postal workers use quill pens, inkpots, sealing wax and many tools dating back to 1833.

Toronto Islands
It is famous for Centreville Amusement Park.

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How to Reach
By Car - Follow Highway 427 to Toronto via the QEW/Gardiner Expressway. Exit onto Spadina Ave. North and turn right onto Bremner Blvd.

Bus - Tour Buses pull up along Bremner Boulevard, just south of the Tower and just east of the Rogers Centre.

Go Transit - Trains give an easy and faster way to get to CN tower entertainment, without any tension of parking.

Taxi - Toronto taxi-cab and limo drivers pick and drop the passengers from the Bremner Boulevard to the CN Tower and vice versa.