Thursday, August 29, 2013

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

The CN Tower appeared in the old Toronto rail yards in 1976, but the idea of dominating an urban landscape with vertical aesthetics originated 4,000 years ago on the banks of the Nile. Compare the CN Tower and an Egyptian obelisk: Both were iconic, both were about communications, and both became signature landmarks of time and place. [2013]

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