CN Tower Bows to Burj Dubai
For many Torontonians, today was just another day. The hustle and bustle, going back and forth from one downtown destination to another never skipped a beat.
Amidst all the usual commotion on streetlevel, one silent building taller than all the rest lost its significant status as being world’s tallest freestanding structure - that being the CN Tower - the Canadian icon that puts us on the map for our internationally acclaimed architectural and engineering prowess has finally been dwarfed by a new even taller structure; the Burj in Dubai.
Since April 2nd 1975, the CN Tower has held the Guinness Book of World Records Tallest Freestanding Structure at a completed full height (antenna and all) at 553.3 metres. This record, held for 32 years has finally been awarded to the Burj Dubai as of September 13th, 2007, where construction has surpassed the CN Tower, with a height at 555.3m, and continues to rise to it’s full and final height of a planned 818m!
To read more about the CN Tower, visit the official website:
http://www.cntower.ca/
To read more about the Burj Dubai, visit these websites:
http://www.burjdubai.com/
http://www.burjdubaiskyscraper.com/
