TORONTO: City views from the CN Tower

glowrock · #1 Posted **Dec 26, 2011, 5:03 PM**

Just so happened to be in Toronto over the Christmas weekend visiting family and friends... (Thanks, Megabus!) The following are some photos I took the other day while I was on a patented Miketoronto tour of the views from the CN Tower. These include both the main observation level (height: 1136') and the Skypod (height: 1465'). Other than perhaps the Burj Dubai, I believe the Skypod is the tallest public observation level in the world. Without a doubt, Toronto has one hell of a sea of highrises!

Also are a few shots taken out of my hotel room window, as well as a few of some of our fellow SSPers...

At any rate, hope you enjoy!

Aaron (Glowrock)

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From my hotel room:

Toronto Islands:

Toronto City Airport:

Count the tower cranes???

Pardon the reflection from the coating on windows...

Highrises as far as the eye can see!

My hotel was on the bottom right of this photo... Not too shabby!

Looking north:

Northeast:

What a skyline!

Main part of the CBD:

Looking down at the main observation level from the Skypod:

SkyDome, now the Rogers Centre:

Union Station train shed from above:

Looking east along the Gardiner Expwy:

Looking down through the glass floor!

Future Ripley's Aquarium:

My host for the afternoon:

Me, of course!

Ran into someone else in Toronto!

Skyline:

Done!

Expat · #2 Posted **Dec 26, 2011, 5:37 PM**

Great pictures! Impressive views! The elevator business in Toronto must be booming.

Dogpatch · #3 Posted **Dec 26, 2011, 7:08 PM**

Nice photos glowrock. Toronto is heeeeuuge! I love all the little clusters of highrises outside the city center.

boden · #4 Posted **Dec 26, 2011, 7:25 PM**

Nice.

softee · #5 Posted **Dec 26, 2011, 7:32 PM**

Awesome! I haven't been up in the tower in years, this is inspiring me to take my camera up there on a nice, clear day sooner rather than later.

yaletown_fella · #6 Posted **Dec 26, 2011, 7:42 PM**

The best daytime photos Ive seen taken from the tower!

Shangri-La looks great!

glowrock · #7 Posted **Dec 26, 2011, 8:46 PM**

Thanks for the nice comments, guys! The views from up there are without doubt spectacular, even though they're somewhat tempered by the high cost of admission ($20 for the main observation deck, another $10 for the Skypod!). Especially on a clear, cold winter day, you can see for what seems like forever from up there. At least with Miketoronto's binoculars, I could see the nuclear plant out beyond Oshawa, along with a bit of Hamilton on the other side. Not too shabby!

Aaron (Glowrock)

ColDayMan · #8 Posted **Dec 27, 2011, 6:32 AM**

Neato!

giallo · #9 Posted **Dec 27, 2011, 9:01 AM**

Fantastic shots of a fantastic view. The visibility that day was amazing.

Great work, glowrock.

Danny · #10 Posted **Dec 27, 2011, 11:44 AM**

Great pictures, glowrock!

CN tower is impressive! I´m wishing to go up there again.

Thanks for your beautiful pictures.

Congratulations and greetings from Madrid, Spain!

Merry Christmas and Happy 2012!

miketoronto · #11 Posted **Dec 27, 2011, 3:43 PM**

Great photos Glowrock. It was great hanging out with you!!!

gothamite · #12 Posted **Dec 28, 2011, 1:49 AM**

thanks! great views. It's been decades since I was in the CN tower. I think I went one of the first years it was open. Toronto looks so much more built-up now. I can see the Art Gallery of Ontario (pic #14 in the middle) which I visited last January. It's a must-see, wonderfully re-designed/re-imagined by Frank Gehry, who apparently grew up in that neighborhood. Greatest collection of Henry Moore sculptures!

bigcubfan · #13 Posted **Dec 28, 2011, 2:03 AM**

I stayed in that exact same hotel once many years ago when it first opened, Holiday Inn on King St., room 1914. Hell from the view in that first pic it looks like you had nearly the same room.

Buckeye Native 001 · #14 Posted **Dec 28, 2011, 2:15 AM**

Christ, you guys have more cojones than I do to stand on those glass floors.

glowrock · #15 Posted **Dec 28, 2011, 2:57 AM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by bigcubfan

I stayed in that exact same hotel once many years ago when it first opened, Holiday Inn on King St., room 1914. Hell from the view in that first pic it looks like you had nearly the same room.

Close! I was in 1714! (And it's now a Hyatt Regency Hotel. Probably went through substantial upgrades/improvements. Modern as hell inside now!)

Aaron (Glowrock)

bigcubfan · #16 Posted **Dec 28, 2011, 3:08 AM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by glowrock

Close! I was in 1714!

Aaron (Glowrock)

Lord that's incredible enough.

**Hey, I've made 500 posts 'already' **

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miketoronto · #17 Posted **Dec 28, 2011, 4:00 AM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by Buckeye Native 001

Christ, you guys have more cojones than I do to stand on those glass floors.

Aaron, show him the jumping photos

The glass floor is nothing.

Metro-One · #18 Posted **Dec 28, 2011, 7:50 AM**

Nice pics, thanks for sharing. Been to Toronto twice but never been to the the CN tower, should do so next time.

Echoes · #19 Posted **Dec 29, 2011, 9:12 PM**

TIFF Tower has never looked as good as it does in these photos, IMO!

Also, is one of the towers of the TD Centre getting a reclad? (the one with the jet black top portion of the building with the faded out black below)

Great shots!

ArchGuy1 · #20 Posted **Mar 13, 2023, 7:06 AM**

Here are two videos that show the observation decks and restaurant at the CN Tower around the time they opened in 1976. Also some links to illustrations and pictures of the observation decks and revolving restaurant in 1976. https://fb.watch/i-QomcXB8q/ https://www.ctvnews.ca/mobile/5-thin...blic-1.2438403 https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.the...niversary.html https://torontoist.com/2011/06/opening_the_cn_tower/ https://www.theglobeandmail.com/mult...ticle22820631/