This CN Tower business is pretty good. I only wish I had more time to go up to the tower and take a peek at toronto from there or the timing would have been better so that I could have done the sky walk. But as it so happens, all I could do was to walk around on the base of the tower. Here are some of the photographs of this structure.
There is the old chap. Giant spear. 
A rather interesting window washing unit. I wouldnt want to be the one doing it, mind you, lol. Right at the top, presumably this is the place where the aerials and antennae are hidden. 
In front of the tower is this baseball stadium. 
The sign to the tower. 
Home of the Toronto Baseballers also known as the Blue Jays. 
See? 
That is one giant Lemon. 
Below the tower, you have this rather nice square if a bit too concretey. (New word, so sue me 
A splash of red. 
Hmmm, looks better from far. The raw concrete is a tad leprous in sections, they should have clad it with some better material. 
You can see the Blue Jays on the posters. Did you know it was called as a Blue Jay because of it garrulous nature? Its also called as a JayBird. I am surprised that the cool collected calm Torontonians decided to name their team after such a bird. Its like the Manchester United (who are called as the Red Devils) calling themselves as the twits. 
And then the ubiquitous sightseeing buses. 
I liked this plaque about Fanny Bobbie Rosenfeld. These celebrate Canadians who rose to prominence which unlike the class conscious Brits, is very praiseworthy. You usually dont find celebrations like this in the UK. 
There’s the Hippo Bus. Which apparently can go inside the water. Did you know that the Hippo was one of the most dangerous animals to humans? And just painting it Purple doesn't make it good. Kept on walking. And very interestingly, there is a train yard here!
The coaling station I presume? 
A rather fly spotting top of a locomotive. 
This would be a train spotters delight, no? 
Lots of signs which talks about the history of the yard. 
Serious machines. You can just feel the blunt throbbing power of these beasts pulling long trains across the Canadian Plains. These machines speak to me 
Say what? What are these tiny tracks doing here? I guess its a toy train or something? 
Big hulking beasts. 
And somebody on their knees worshipping these big black beasts of yesteryears. 
There was a round table, the one which is used to turn the trains around and help in the storage of the trains. This one looks more like a smaller engine, would have been used for short journeys, I guess. 
Couple of goods carrying carriages. 
The big green monster. 
The roundhouse. 
Some of the storage sheds have been converted into cafe’s. On a sunday late evening, they were holding some kind of a convention. It was very yummy with the sausages frying on the side. Very nice. 
That’s the Blue Jay’s Stadium in the back 
The sun is trying to peek out but failing miserably 
Seeing the round table track. Old old ancient one, the wood is warping around the rails
This was made up of wood, I guess meant for carrying liquids of some sort? 
One of the sheds which has been converted into a pub. The important stuff is stored here. 
Another serious engine. 
A standard caboose. The tiny yellow rail cars are cute. 
You can see the single rail around which the train round track revolves around. Pretty neat. 
Looking back at the CN Tower. Its really imposing, but they should have done something about the cover, its really manky. Give it a lick of paint at least. But had enough of this, started walking towards the lake shore and that trip is the next essay.
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