| CN Tower | |
|---|---|
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  Location within Edmonton | |
| General information | |
| Status | Completed |
| Type | Office |
| Architectural style | International Style |
| Location | Edmonton, Alberta, Canada |
| Address | 10004 104 Avenue NW |
| Coordinates | 53°32′49″N113°29′29″W / 53.54694°N 113.49139°W /53.54694; -113.49139 |
| Construction started | 14 August 1964[1] |
| Completed | October 1966 |
| Opening | 14 February 1966 (railway station)[2] 4 November 1966 (tower)[3] |
| Cost | CA$10.5 million ($94.3 million in 2023 dollars[4]) |
| Owner | Strategic Group |
| Height | |
| Roof | 110.92 m (363.9 ft) |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 26 |
| Floor area | 254,000 square feet |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | Abugov & Sunderland |
| Main contractor | Hashman Construction Ltd. |
TheCN Tower is an 111-metre-tall (364 ft), 26-storeyoffice building inEdmonton, Alberta, Canada. The building was built by theCanadian National Railway Company as Edmonton's firstskyscraper, and at its completion in 1966 was the tallest building inWestern Canada.[5] The CN Tower would remain Edmonton's and Western Canada's tallest building until 1971 when it was surpassed byEdmonton House.
When theCanadian Northern Railway (CNoR) opened its line from Winnipeg in 1905, it built a station northwest of First Street and Mackenzie Avenue (now 101 Street and 104 Avenue). In 1909 this station became aunion station, also serving trains of theGrand Trunk Pacific Railway (GTP), when that road opened its line from Winnipeg.
After the CNoR and GTP were consolidated into theCanadian National Railway (CN), a new Edmonton station was built east of the CNoR station in 1928, as aterminating vista of 100 Street.
The 1905 CNoR station was demolished in 1953. The site of the 1928 station became the spot the CN Tower was constructed on in 1966.[6]
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Plans for the CN Tower were announced in 1963,[7] with construction started on 14 August 1964.[1] Allied Development Corporation of Calgary hired Abugov & Sunderland to design, and Hashman Construction Company to build the $10.5-million CN Tower, which was Western Canada's tallest office building when completed in October 1966.[7] The building officially opened on 4 November 1966 with Lieutenant GovernorGrant MacEwan and PremierErnest Manning in attendance for its opening ceremonies.[7][3]
The CN Tower exemplifies theInternational Style of architecture and is an early example of the tower-podium design.[8] Canadian National sought to develop a second building in Edmonton as part of a larger downtown redevelopment program, which would have been a 150.1-metre (492.6 ft), 42-storey office building in 1969; however, the project was subsequently cancelled.[9] The CN Tower was purchased by the Calgary-basedStrategic Group as part of adistress sale,[8] and the last remaining CN employees moved out of the building in 2008.[10] The CN logo is still over the main entrance and on the top of the building.
Built to overlook theold Canadian National rail yard, the building's basement once housed Edmonton's main passengerrailway station, until the CN railway tracks leading toDowntown Edmonton were removed in 1998.[11][12] Since then, passenger trains call at theEdmonton railway station on 121 Street nearYellowhead Trail. TheCanadian Pacific Railway terminated at adifferent station in the city. Passenger trains were discontinued at that station in 1972, with the CPR station itself being demolished in 1978.[13]
The building suffered structural damage to the exterior on 18 July 2009, during asevere thunderstorm. Two vehicles were crushed by falling debris at the base of the building.[14]
| As of 1980[15][16][17] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Preceding station |  Via Rail | Following station | ||
| Evansburg towardVancouver | TheCanadian | Viking towardToronto | ||
| Jasper towardVancouver | Super Continental | Saskatoon towardToronto | ||
| New Sarepta towardDrumheller | Edmonton-Drumheller | Terminus | ||
| As of 1943[18] | ||||
| Preceding station | Canadian National Railway | Following station | ||
| Bissell towardVancouver | Main Line | North Edmonton towardMontreal | ||
| Terminus | Edmonton –Alliance | North Edmonton towardAlliance | ||
| Edmonton –Heinsburg | North Edmonton towardHeinsburg | |||
| Edmonton –Winnipeg viaNorth Battleford andRegina | North Edmonton towardWinnipeg | |||
| Edmonton –Athabaska | Cannell towardAthabaska | |||
| North Edmonton towardCalgary | Calgary –Edmonton viaMirror | Terminus | ||
| Calgary –Edmonton viaBig Valley | ||||
| Cannell towardWhitecourt | Whitecourt –Edmonton | |||
| Preceding station | Northern Alberta Railways | Following station | ||
| Edmonton Junction towardDawson Creek | Main Line | Terminus | ||
| Edmonton Junction towardBarrhead | Barrhead –Edmonton | |||
| Terminus | Edmonton –Waterways | Edmonton Junction towardWaterways | ||
| Preceded by | Tallest building in Edmonton 1966–1971 110.92 m (363.9 ft) | Succeeded by |
