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How much taller could Toronto get?

Toronto’s growth spurt isn’t over just yet. While we’ve built or are building more super-tall skyscrapers (200 metres or higher) over the past three...;

PHOTOS: COURTESY OF CN TOWER ARCHIVES

Then & Now: Sparkles

History: When the construction of Toronto’s iconic CN Tower began in February of 1973, few would have imagined it filled with strobe lights and spandex...;

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Graphic Content: Stand tall

Five years ago this month, the Burj Khalifa surpassed the CN Tower as the world’s tallest freestanding building. Since then, there have been others...;

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The slow disappearance of Cheeseball Toronto

Last year, the TTC retired the last of its orange-vinyl-seat subway cars. Then, earlier this year, we learned that the World’s Biggest Book Store would...;

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The Best Things We Saw at CMF: Day 1

Joel Plaskett Emergency (CN Tower, 6 p.m.): All the fans and critics who’ve spent 15 years insisting that the sky is the limit for Joel Plaskett were...;

PHOTO: Jorge Ayala (VIA FACEBOOK.COM/THEGRIDTO)

Snapshot: The CN Tower’s foggy motion

If the CN Tower were to ever appear in a Tim Burton movie, we imagine it would kind of look like this photo, shot by Grid reader Jorge Ayala during this...;

PHOTOS: MICHAEL CHRISMAN/THE GRID

Who controls the CN Tower’s coloured lights?

Sure, it’s the world’s fourth-tallest freestanding structure, but generally—like a good Torontonian—the CN Tower doesn’t call much attention...;

Darcys "Don't Bleed Me"

Video: the Big Smoke goes up in smoke in new Darcys video

Two weeks ago, we showed you the teaser from Toronto indie-rockers The Darcys' video for "Don't Bleed Me," which depicts an encroaching alien invasion...;

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Video: The Darcys destroy the CN Tower

We've heard about bands so good they burn venues to the ground, so to speak. But the new music video from The Darcys is something altogether more terrifying...;

Toronto's disappearing skyline

Snapshot: Toronto’s disappearing skyline

You could be forgiven for waking up today and thinking Toronto had suddenly transformed into some post-apocalytpic wasteland—the rare combination of...;