{"id":4384,"date":"2014-04-24T01:47:36","date_gmt":"2014-04-24T07:47:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/edmonton\/?p=4384"},"modified":"2014-04-24T01:47:36","modified_gmt":"2014-04-24T07:47:36","slug":"first-original-cn-tower","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/edmonton\/2014\/04\/24\/first-original-cn-tower\/","title":{"rendered":"The First and Original CN Tower"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Excerpt from <a href=\"http:\/\/capitalmodernedmonton.com\/buildings-by-area\/downtown\/cntower\/\">Capital Modern<\/a>:<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The 26-storey CN Tower opened February 14, 1966 and was Canada\u2019s tallest building west of Toronto. It was an imposing landmark, the first of a series of major high rises that were to define Edmonton\u2019s downtown skyline. This building exemplifies the modern notion of a tower sitting on a podium, first seen in New York\u2019s 1953\u00a0<a title=\"Lever House, New York\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lever_House\" target=\"_blank\">Lever House<\/a>\u00a0by\u00a0<a title=\"Skidmore, Owings and Merrill (SOM)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.som.com\/content.cfm\/www_home\" target=\"_blank\">Skidmore Owings and Merrill<\/a>. The podium rests on a glass-enclosed tall ground floor railway stations and consists of a 3-storey concrete parking structure, which is fully clad in pre-cast panels for the appearance of solidity. This solidity is countered by the verticality of the tall, thin office tower with slightly curving facades. The 22-storey tower is clad in glazed curtain wall with pre-cast fins that exaggerate the height of the building.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><em>Stunning photo by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/striatic\/577438413\/in\/photostream\/#\">hobvias sudoneighm<\/a> \/ CC BY 2.0<br \/>\nPhoto taken on the 19th of June, 2007<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Excerpt from Capital Modern: The 26-storey CN Tower opened February 14, 1966 and was Canada\u2019s tallest building west of Toronto. It was an imposing landmark, the first of a series of major high rises that were to define Edmonton\u2019s downtown skyline. 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