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How the city looks to a 'flying fish'
How the city looks to a 'flying fish'

How the city looks to a 'flying fish'

Date4/11/1966
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Original Toronto Star caption: How the city looks to a 'flying fish'. Fisheye view of Toronto; taken from the 52nd floor of the 56-storey Toronto-Dominion sky-scraper on King St. W.; reveals the wide; wide world of the province's biggest city. A lens shpaed like fish's eye was used to capture this ISO-degree panorama. On Thursday the last beam will be put in place to mark the completion of steelwork in the building; tallest in the Commonwealth. The structure; first stage of $125 million complex; will be ready for 1967 centennial.
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0108851F
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