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Originally Posted by megadude
Couple questions for the rest of Canada.
Is there a major city that lacks an "official" or de facto official observation deck? As in a place that seeing the view of the city is the focus of the place or somewhere that is easily accessible? TO, OTT, CAL, VAN, MTL, NF have towers.
US cities I have done this or I planned to but was only open on weekdays so I missed out: NY, CHI, DET (Ren Cen aka GM), PHI (City Hall), PIT (Univ of Pitt), BUF (City Hall).
MTL has Mt. Royal as a natural look-out, plus The Big O and Place Ville Marie now, which I did not know about until very recently.
So what is there for EDM, WPG, HFX, etc?
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When I was a kid, an observation tower is something I would have wanted more than just about anything else as far as civic amenities go
Winnipeg obviously does not have a CN Tower-type observation deck. For a decade or so after it was built, the Richardson Building (former tallest) had an observation deck which as I understand it, was Richardson offices made available to the public after hours or something along those lines.
The closest thing we have to a public observation tower is Fort Garry Place, which has a revolving restaurant on top. You can ride the glass elevator to the top without having to go into the restaurant. It isn't the tallest building in the city but the views of the downtown area and St. Boniface are decent.
I'm guessing the old-school CN Tower type TV towers are a thing of the past? I'm not sure any have been built in Canada since the CN Tower, and that was over 40 years ago...