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CN Tower: Exterior · A view of CN Tower from the University of Toronto
1/8 · Exterior · A view of CN Tower from the University of TorontoPhoto: Maksim Sokolov (maxergon.com) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
CN Tower: Exterior · The CN Tower and the Toronto Harbour viewed from the Toronto City Centre Airport
2/8 · Exterior · The CN Tower and the Toronto Harbour viewed from the Toronto City Centre AirportPhoto: Wladyslaw · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source
CN Tower: Exterior · Tyndall effect at CN Tower , Toronto
3/8 · Exterior · Tyndall effect at CN Tower , TorontoPhoto: Wladyslaw ( talk ) · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source
CN Tower: Exterior · Demobild
4/8 · Exterior · DemobildPhoto: – Wladyslaw [Disk.] · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source
CN Tower: Interior · Blick auf Downtown Toronto von der Freiluftplattform des CN Tower
5/8 · Interior · Blick auf Downtown Toronto von der Freiluftplattform des CN TowerPhoto: – Wladyslaw [Disk.] · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source
CN Tower: Interior · Hockey Hall of Fame - Toronto, Ontario (Canada)
6/8 · Interior · Hockey Hall of Fame - Toronto, Ontario (Canada)Photo: Evan Delshaw · CC BY 2.0 · source
CN Tower: Detail · CN Tower, Toronto, Ontario, 2025-08-25; detail of peak
7/8 · Detail · CN Tower, Toronto, Ontario, 2025-08-25; detail of peakPhoto: Chris Woodrich · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
CN Tower: Model · Model from the Main Pod of the CN Tower
8/8 · Model · Model from the Main Pod of the CN Tower Photo: Niabot · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source
Photo 1: Exterior · A view of CN Tower from the University of TorontoPhoto 2: Exterior · The CN Tower and the Toronto Harbour viewed from the Toronto City Centre AirportPhoto 3: Exterior · Tyndall effect at CN Tower , TorontoPhoto 4: Exterior · DemobildPhoto 5: Interior · Blick auf Downtown Toronto von der Freiluftplattform des CN TowerPhoto 6: Interior · Hockey Hall of Fame - Toronto, Ontario (Canada)Photo 7: Detail · CN Tower, Toronto, Ontario, 2025-08-25; detail of peakPhoto 8: Model · Model from the Main Pod of the CN Tower

Infrastructure · Late modernism

CN Tower

John Andrews · Toronto, Canada · 1976

Key featuresY-shaped slip-formed concrete shaft whose three buttressing legs carry the pod and antenna.

Architect
John Andrews
Place
Toronto, Canada
Year
1976
Typology
Infrastructure
Movement
Late modernism
Region
Americas
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About CN Tower

The CN Tower (French: Tour CN) is a 553.3-metre-high (1,815.3 ft) communications and observation tower in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Completed in 1976, it is located in downtown Toronto, built on the former Railway Lands. Its name "CN" refers to Canadian National, the railway company that built the tower. Following the railway's decision to divest non-core freight railway assets prior to the company's privatization in 1995, it transferred the tower to the Canada Lands Company, a federal Crown corporation responsible for the government's real estate portfolio.

Shortened from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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