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condovo
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What an amazing blog entry. Poetic even. It's renewed my appreciation for the CN Tower. Thanks for the link.
TOBoy
Active Member
My heart skipped a beat looking at those horrific pix. I can feel something's missing. Not to mention no point of reference.
SP!RE
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Yeah. The CN Tower pretty much gives Torontonians their sense of place and direction lol. 
I love that beast so deeply.
I love that beast so deeply.
Monarch Butterfly
Superstar
The City Hall is too short and and not located on the waterfront for it is be recognized from a distance. While the City Hall is part of Toronto's logo, it is the skyline with a visible CN Tower that identifies Toronto for most people.
Automation Gallery
Superstar
I think even the Skydome is more iconic to Toronto in world pics than City Hall, but then again it may be because its right next to tne CN Tower.
Solaris
Senior Member
wow this was a great read ... thanks for posting AG !
its scary to see TO in absence of the CN Tower ... it feels like just some typical mid-sized American city
Some images from the above article:
"after becoming relatively proficient with the digital manipulation of photographs, I decided to go ahead and remove the Tower from a few. Liking what I saw, I proceeded to do a more extended series, of which these are some of my favourites. All of the photographs here depict a scene of the city in which the Tower is included in so-called real life."
junctionist
Senior Member
The absence of the CN Tower would have stirred more interest in a new iconic office tower in Toronto.
wyliepoon
Senior Member
its scary to see TO in absence of the CN Tower ... it feels like just some typical mid-sized American city
Some images from the above article:
I don't see "mid-sized American city" in Toronto's skyline at all, with or without the CN Tower, especially with this aerial. That's a slice of Chicago, even Manhattan, I see in the aerial.
I think why Torontonians are so "scared" or "horrified" at seeing the CN Tower photoshopped from the skyline is because we live in a post-911 world where huge landmarks like WTC could go away in a terrorist attack (which was the inspiration of the blogto article). I imagine the effect would be even greater if FCP or the TD Centre was photoshopped away.
SP!RE
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CN Tower >>>>>> "iconic" office tower
Solaris
Senior Member
ditto SP!RE ... agree with you entirely without doubt ~
Long Island Mike
Senior Member
A CN Tower-less Toronto...
Solaris: Good Toronto airview and skyline pics posted above!
I was thinking that if the CN Tower had not been built that Toronto would have a megatall building rivaling Chicago's Sears Tower in height standing out on the skyline perhaps. This shows how the CN Tower dominates Toronto's skyline! Thoughts by LI MIKE
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Solaris: Good Toronto airview and skyline pics posted above!
I was thinking that if the CN Tower had not been built that Toronto would have a megatall building rivaling Chicago's Sears Tower in height standing out on the skyline perhaps. This shows how the CN Tower dominates Toronto's skyline! Thoughts by LI MIKE
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andomano
Active Member
Aren't views of a CN Tower-less Toronto always seen in movies set elsewhere?
Monarch Butterfly
Superstar
During all those thunder and lightning storms we had recently, without the CN Tower around, all that lightning would be hitting the lower buildings.
Or someone
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Or someone
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Second_in_pie
Senior Member
I've always thought what Toronto would look like without the CN Tower as well. But I usually think of it from a different angle. I look at the City and the Core and think that it all looks so tiny, mostly because the Tower dwarfs everything else. But I would never wish the CN Tower out of the city. It really provides a centrepoint for the city, and I think it will look better and better the more the City develops.