Image credit: Michael Awad

No. 12

The CN Tower is cool again

To some torontonians, the CN Tower is the world’s tallest invisible free-standing structure. To others, it’s a visual punchline for Freudian jokes about our city’s long-standing inferiority complex. But forget about all those soon-to-be-built taller things: the CN Tower is, today, inarguably the world’s tallest free-standing nightlight. Since the introduction of LED lights, its dull grey casing has become a nightly screen for the glowing sky play of red and blue and green. Now, finally, the tower is our rightful beacon, unexpectedly lit up, even ethereal.—Randy Boyagoda