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The CN Tower (French: Tour CN) is a 553.3 m-high (1,815.3 ft) communications and observation tower in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. [3] [8] Completed in 1976, it is located in downtown Toronto, built on the former Railway Lands.
He hides "his death" inside nested objects to protect it. For example, his death may be hidden in a needle that is hidden inside an egg, the egg is in a duck, the duck is in a hare, the hare is in a chest, the chest is buried or chained up on a faraway island of Buyan. Usually he takes the role of a malevolent rival figure, who competes for (or ...
Buildings and structures in Canada destroyed by arson (2 C, 11 P) Pages in category "Burned buildings and structures in Canada" The following 80 pages are in this category, out of 80 total.
In Niagara Falls, there are 5 buildings that stand taller than 100 m (328 ft). The tallest building in the city is the 51- storey , 177 m (581 ft) Hilton Niagara Falls Tower 2 , [ 1 ] Most of the buildings are hotels because Niagara Falls Ontario is a major tourist city for its unobstructed view of both the Horseshoe Falls and American Falls .
Francis Mawson Rattenbury (11 October 1867 – 28 March 1935) was a British architect although most of his career was spent in British Columbia, Canada, where he designed the province's legislative building among other public commissions. Divorced amid scandal, he was murdered in England at the age of 67 by his second wife's lover.
Garry Hoy (January 28, 1954 – July 9, 1993) was a Canadian lawyer who died when he fell from the 24th floor of his office building at the Toronto-Dominion Centre in Toronto, Ontario. In an attempt to prove to a group of prospective articling students that the building's glass windows were unbreakable, he threw himself against the glass. The ...
Since 1975, it has held the title of Canada's tallest office building with a height of 298 metres (978 ft). Scotia Plaza, headquarters of Scotiabank, is the second-tallest building in Canada and is the newest of the office towers at that intersection, having been completed in 1988. Several other office towers are found just beyond Bay Street ...
Suicide barrier atop the Empire State Building in New York. A suicide barrier is a structure intended to deter people from attempting suicide by deliberately jumping from a high place on a structure. Suicide barriers often consist of nets, [2] metal screening, and fencing. [3]