Toronto Things to Do Tips by nighthawk

Quick Facts

- Height: 553.33 m (1,815 ft, 5 inches) or 5 1/2 football fields stacked end-to-end.
- Cost: $63 million ($300 million in today's figures)
- Construction Period: February 1973 to June 1976
- # of Construction Workers: 1,537 who worked 24/7
- Weight: 130,000 tons (117,910 metric tonnes) = weight of 23,214 large elephants
- # of Tourists every year: 2 million
- Glass Floor: Installed on the first observation deck in 1994 (the big large circle). The Glass floor can hold the weight of 18 hippos.
- Records: The CN Tower holds 6 World Records.

1. World's Tallest & Free-Standing Structure
2. World's Longest Metal Staircase - 2,579 steps
3. World's Highest Glass Floor - 342 metres (1,122 ft.)
4. World's Highest "Wine Cellar" - 351 metres (1150 ft.)
5. World's Highest & Largest Revolving Restaurant - 351 metres (1150 ft.)
6. World's Highest Bar - Horizons Café - 346 metres (1,136 ft.)

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Every where I looked I got overwhelmed by the architecture and the way the buildings seem to react to one and other.
This building stood along the highway.

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