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Tallest export?, Malachy Grant, left, designer of Toronto's CN Tower, and Edward Baldwin, architect, display their entry in an international design competition for a tower for tiny oil-rich Abu Dhabi
Tallest export?, Malachy Grant, left, designer of Toronto's CN Tower, and Edward Baldwin, architect, display their entry in an international design competition for a tower for tiny oil-rich Abu Dhabi

Tallest export?, Malachy Grant, left, designer of Toronto's CN Tower, and Edward Baldwin, architect, display their entry in an international design competition for a tower for tiny oil-rich Abu Dhabi

Date6/6/1978
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      ProvenanceCourtesy: Toronto Star Photograph Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0127898F
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      Spremo, Boris
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