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[12] [62] The CN Tower, as of 2022, stands as the tenth-tallest free-standing structure on land, remains the tallest free-standing structure in the Western Hemisphere, and is the third-tallest tower. [1] [63] [64] The CN Tower is the second-tallest free-standing structure in the Commonwealth of Nations behind Merdeka 118 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Read Fast Facts from CNN about the CN Tower, or Canada’s National Tower, located in Toronto.
The CN Tower (French: Tour CN) is a 553.33 m-high (1,815.4 ft) concrete communications and observation tower in downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Built on the former Railway Lands, it was completed in 1976, becoming the world's tallest free-standing structure and world's tallest tower at the time.
CN Tower: 553.3 1,815 1976 Communications tower Observation, UHF/VHF-transmission, restaurant Canada Toronto: World's tallest freestanding structure 1975–2007, tallest freestanding in the Western Hemisphere: 11 One World Trade Center: 546.2 1,776
The CN Tower exemplifies the International Style of architecture and is an early example of the tower-podium design. [5] Canadian National sought to develop a second building in Edmonton as part of a larger downtown redevelopment program, which would have been a 150.1-metre (492.6 ft), 42-storey office building in 1969; however, the project was ...
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It is located in downtown Toronto, just southeast of the CN Tower. The aquarium has 5.7 million litres (1.25 million gallons) of marine and freshwater habitats from across the world. The exhibits hold more than 20,000 exotic sea and freshwater specimens from more than 450 species.
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