colbyb
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Apparently there was a fire at the CN Tower on July 8, 1975 during construction:
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More Lost Toronto in colour
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Conrad Black
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Looks like he put out an oil rig blow out.
junctionist
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That was a very dramatic improvement that was from parking lot to the refined development that is Market Square!
Urban Shocker
Doyenne
Interesting incidental glimpses of the construction of FCP and Royal Bank Plaza in the background of those CN Tower shots. FCP looks as if it was at the point where the darker, mismatched marble was about to be applied - and removed.
LowPolygon
Senior Member
what are you referring to here? i've never heard about this chapter of the the FCP story!
Urban Shocker
Doyenne
They had to remove the tower's upper section of marble cladding when they noticed it was slightly darker than the lower section.
LowPolygon
Senior Member
thanks!
boy, that shipment of marble sure was star-crossed. must have had a hex placed on it before it left the port in Carrara....
thecharioteer
Senior Member
"La maledizione di Carrara"; (perhaps because of the demolition of the Toronto Star Building, the Globe and Mail Building and the old Bank of Montreal?)
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LowPolygon
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i think you've nailed it!
J T CUNNINGHAM
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And the supplier was . . . three guesses.
Regards,
J T
Regards,
J T
grey
Senior Member
Canadian Tire?
thecharioteer
Senior Member
The Glendale. east side of Avenue Road, north of Lawrence (now a Nissan dealership):
LowPolygon
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The Glendale. east side of Avenue Road, north of Lawrence (now a Nissan dealership):
the Glendale was the last theatre in Toronto that screened films in the later version of 70mm Cinerama. 2001 opened on May 30, 1968, and played there for a record breaking 127 weeks.
"SPACE ODYSSEY was filmed in anamorphic 70mm, a combination of two different widescreen processes. 70 mm is twice as wide as standard 35mm film, creating a project image approximately twice as wide (it comes up a bit short because some of the width is used to accomodate six separate soundtrack stripes). Anamorphic uses special lenses to stretch the image even wider, resulting in an aspect ratio of 2.75."
LowPolygon
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thecharioteer
Senior Member
These photos certainly reaffirm how much more succesful the International Style was when it came to commercial rather than residential design. Those banks were exquisite!