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SkyDome inspection: SkyDome chairman Charles Magwood, right, and CN Real Estate president Doug Tipple, left, take works department official Nick Vardin on a tour of the site today
SkyDome inspection: SkyDome chairman Charles Magwood, right, and CN Real Estate president Doug Tipple, left, take works department official Nick Vardin on a tour of the site today

SkyDome inspection: SkyDome chairman Charles Magwood, right, and CN Real Estate president Doug Tipple, left, take works department official Nick Vardin on a tour of the site today

Date6/1/1989
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ProvenanceCourtesy: Toronto Star Photograph Archives
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0064877F
Charles Magwood, a former real estate developer, relished the 'sex and sizzle' of building Toronto's $245 million SkyDome, as president of the Stadium Corp
Charles Magwood, a former real estate developer, relished the 'sex and sizzle' of building Toronto's $245 million SkyDome, as president of the Stadium Corp
6/19/1987
Toronto Public Works Commissioner Nick Vardin inspecing SkyDome
Toronto Public Works Commissioner Nick Vardin inspecing SkyDome
5/3/1989
Last-minute reprieve: An anxious SkyDome president Charles Magwood listens as politicians debate approving the stadium's opening gata.
Last-minute reprieve: An anxious SkyDome president Charles Magwood listens as politicians debate approving the stadium's opening gata.
5/29/1989
Here it is: SkyDome president Chuck Magwood celebrates last night at a downtown restaurant across from the site with a copy of the stadium's occupancy permit which was hard won from the city
Here it is: SkyDome president Chuck Magwood celebrates last night at a downtown restaurant across from the site with a copy of the stadium's occupancy permit which was hard won from the city
6/1/1989
Nick Vardin Commissioner of Public Works and the Environment, City of Toronto
Nick Vardin Commissioner of Public Works and the Environment, City of Toronto
9/25/1991
New dome boss: Charles Magwood, with wife Lee, are off on a bicycle tour of France before he starts work Sept
New dome boss: Charles Magwood, with wife Lee, are off on a bicycle tour of France before he starts work Sept
9/10/1985
SkyDOme taking shape. Tiers of seating sections and stairs can be seen (above) at the north end of the SkyDome site while a view from the CN Tower (le(...)
SkyDOme taking shape. Tiers of seating sections and stairs can be seen (above) at the north end of the SkyDome site while a view from the CN Tower (le(...)
9/1/1987
First lighted signs. Joe Townsend (left) and Charles McKenzie of the Department of Public Works today put up the first of Toronto's new illuminated street signs
First lighted signs. Joe Townsend (left) and Charles McKenzie of the Department of Public Works today put up the first of Toronto's new illuminated street signs
1/17/1964
Concrete pours at Skydome: Truck operator Havey Stevenson pours fresh concrete from his mixer into a bucket at the downtown SkyDome site today, the first since May 9
Concrete pours at Skydome: Truck operator Havey Stevenson pours fresh concrete from his mixer into a bucket at the downtown SkyDome site today, the first since May 9
6/24/1988
Graeme Eadie, pres., (far left) and Chmn. Charles Masson (far right) greet John P. Curtin Jr., of Goldman Sachs, Kenneth C. Whitney, Managing Director, The Blackstone Group, and Brian Muzyk, V.P. Real Estate of Ontario Teachers.
Graeme Eadie, pres., (far left) and Chmn. Charles Masson (far right) greet John P. Curtin Jr., of Goldman Sachs, Kenneth C. Whitney, Managing Director, The Blackstone Group, and Brian Muzyk, V.P. Real Estate of Ontario Teachers.
7/31/1995
Some SkyDome officials have given away historical artifacts to celebrities visiting the construction site despite a promise to save the archeological finds for the Toronto Historical Board
Some SkyDome officials have given away historical artifacts to celebrities visiting the construction site despite a promise to save the archeological finds for the Toronto Historical Board
12/17/1985
Balls o' fun: Stadium Corp. president Chuck Magwood (left), with the building permit, and architect Rod Robbie celebrate on a wrecking ball poised to flatten buildings on the dome site
Balls o' fun: Stadium Corp. president Chuck Magwood (left), with the building permit, and architect Rod Robbie celebrate on a wrecking ball poised to flatten buildings on the dome site
10/3/1986