CN Tower, Office skyscraper in downtown Edmonton, Canada
The CN Tower is a 26-storey, 111-metre office tower in downtown Edmonton, built in the International Style as an early example of tower-podium design. It was Edmonton's first skyscraper, completed in October 1966 and opened on 4 November 1966. The CN logo remains above the main entrance and on the roof.
This skyscraper was completed in 1966 as Edmonton's first high-rise building. It held the title of Western Canada's tallest structure until 1971 when another tower surpassed it in height.
The CN logo still sits above the main entrance and on the roof, a visible trace of the railway company that built the tower. The basement once held Edmonton's main passenger railway station, used until the downtown tracks were removed in 1998.
The building is an office tower and not open to visitors; there is no public lobby to tour. It stands at 100 Street and 104 Avenue, and the CN logo remains over the main entrance and on the roof. Passenger trains no longer serve the building: the basement station closed when the downtown tracks were removed in 1998, and trains now call at Edmonton station on 121 Street near Yellowhead Trail.
The building experienced substantial damage during a severe thunderstorm in 2009, resulting in falling debris that affected vehicles at its base.
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