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Dome's future home. What looks like a bomb crater from atop the CN Tower is what will be the site of Toronto's new Dome Stadium. The site, now under t(...)
Dome's future home. What looks like a bomb crater from atop the CN Tower is what will be the site of Toronto's new Dome Stadium. The site, now under t(...)

Dome's future home. What looks like a bomb crater from atop the CN Tower is what will be the site of Toronto's new Dome Stadium. The site, now under t(...)

Date5/21/1986
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Original Toronto Star caption: Dome's future home. What looks like a bomb crater from atop the CN Tower is what will be the site of Toronto's new Dome Stadium. The site; now under the wrecker's hammer; was formerly a railway round house where engines could be spun to move off in a new direction.
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0114630F
      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
      Cooper, David
      10/3/1986
      J. Howard Macdonald: Dome Petroleum's chairman has taken some of the dreams out of the company, but has injected more security. Here he holds Dome's debt payment agreement.
      J. Howard Macdonald: Dome Petroleum's chairman has taken some of the dreams out of the company, but has injected more security. Here he holds Dome's debt payment agreement.
      Innell, Reg, 1926-2018
      8/1/1984
      Cone Dome? This Blue Jay fan likes what he,s seeing early in David Cone's debut yesterday at dome
      Cone Dome? This Blue Jay fan likes what he,s seeing early in David Cone's debut yesterday at dome
      Loek, Dick
      8/29/1992
      Don Twiner: Carling president didn't want brewery to be dome's second-class citizen.
      Don Twiner: Carling president didn't want brewery to be dome's second-class citizen.
      Spremo, Boris
      3/23/1987
      One of the domes, Panama Pacific International Exposition San Francisco 1915
      One of the domes, Panama Pacific International Exposition San Francisco 1915
      Cardinell Vincent Co. Mfg.
      1915
      Dome's Stones lineup a sellout
      Dome's Stones lineup a sellout
      Griffin, Doug
      9/10/1989
      John Macdonald: Ottawa didn't find out about Dome's choice until the last moment.
      John Macdonald: Ottawa didn't find out about Dome's choice until the last moment.
      MacDonald, J. Howard
      6/28/1983
      Dome's roof raised sky high. Workers and cranes position a huge steel truss into place as installation of the SkyDome's retractable roof began yesterd(...)
      Dome's roof raised sky high. Workers and cranes position a huge steel truss into place as installation of the SkyDome's retractable roof began yesterd(...)
      Faught, Ken
      11/19/1987
      Northern exposure, Domes connected by walk-ways will give visitors to Ontario Place, on Lakeshore Blvd
      Northern exposure, Domes connected by walk-ways will give visitors to Ontario Place, on Lakeshore Blvd
      Spremo, Boris
      6/12/1980
      Sepia toned photograph of crowds of people standing in front of a huge Beaux Arts biding with a…
      Picturesque domes ad ivy covered walls are everywhere
      Unknown
      1925
      Lowering away. A 5,000-pound cast metal light dome is lowered into place atop the Centre Island lighthouse built in 1808 and now being restored as a historic landmark
      Lowering away. A 5,000-pound cast metal light dome is lowered into place atop the Centre Island lighthouse built in 1808 and now being restored as a historic landmark
      James, Norman
      17 May 1962
      High and wet: James McMahon, 29, beats the heat with a hard-hat of water yesterday as he works to clean the CN Tower's doughnut-shape dome
      High and wet: James McMahon, 29, beats the heat with a hard-hat of water yesterday as he works to clean the CN Tower's doughnut-shape dome
      Faught, Ken
      7/4/1990