CN Tower-A new look at an old friend

[androiduk]

Some close-ups of our old friend the CN Tower.

 

[junctionist]

Those were excellent close ups. Thanks for posting them!

 

[Prometheus The Supremo]

i've never seen such close-up shots!


what are the squares in the concrete for?

 

[Mustapha]

I'm wondering if the tourists going up pays its way nowadays. Just wondering.

 

[299 bloor call control.]

I'm pretty sure the fees from the broadcasters using the tower make up a significant portion of their income with the tourist entry fees are just the icing on the cake.

 

[Mojo Pin]

i've never seen such close-up shots!


what are the squares in the concrete for?

Those are where the maintenance gnomes live. They come out at night and slide down those black cables.

They really need to clean the tower up. It should be reclad in something different or painted. It's complexion is as poor as a dehydrated, acne ridden rube wandering The Great Salt Desert in Utah.

 

[androiduk]

i've never seen such close-up shots!


what are the squares in the concrete for?

I don't know Supremo but I emailed them and asked them. Will let you know.

 

[Prometheus The Supremo]

thanks androiduk.

personally, i think it's some sort of secret code put there by the freemasons in order to communicate with the aliens that built the egyptian pyramids as described by george clinton from parliament funkadelic.


p.s, wouldn't it be cool if they put a giant sprinkler head on top of the tower and watered the city that way?

 

[Jayomatic]

I wonder if those squares were used to support the forms for when the skypod was constructed.

 

[Skeezix]

I'm pretty sure the fees from the broadcasters using the tower make up a significant portion of their income with the tourist entry fees are just the icing on the cake.

There was something in the paper in the last couple of years, on the (then) approaching 30th anniversary, which said the opposite. Income from visitors continues to far exceed the income from boradcasting, the tower's originally-intended purpose.

 

[qwerty]

This needle should be reskinned. It should sparkle.
It's due.
It's tme.

 

[000]

Amazing close ups! Thanks for posting these!

 

[Edward]

Great shots.

 

[Mojo Pin]

Some close-ups of our old friend the CN Tower.

What's with those skid marks on the new donut? How could anyone get a car up there?

Does anyone know why they don't illuminate the red ring at the top of the observation deck anymore? Along with the slanted roof below it? The tower would look a lot better if the entire observation deck was lit up at night, opposed to just the bottom 3rd.

 

[Long Island Mike]

Good CN Tower pics!

Android: Good CN Tower pics here!
Another way of looking at a modern-day Toronto icon-looking good after more then 30 years! LI MIKE