File:Canada Life Building, Toronto, Ontario (21814301396).jpg
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The Canada Life Building is a historic office building in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The fifteen-floor Beaux Arts building was built by Sproatt & Rolph and stands at 285 feet (87 m), 321 feet (97.8 m) including its weather beacon. It is located at University and Queen Street in the city's downtown. Work on the new headquarters of the Canada Life Assurance Company began in 1929 and it opened in 1931. It was the fourth building to serve as the headquarters of Canada Life, Canada's oldest, and at the time largest, insurance company. Previously it had been housed in offices at Bay and King Street. The Beaux Arts structure was the first of a series of planned structures along University Avenue, but the Great Depression halted these plans. When it was completed it was one of the tallest buildings in Toronto. It remains one of the largest office buildings in Toronto with windows that can be opened by its occupants. The building is perhaps best known for its weather beacon, whose colour codes provide summarized weather forecasts at a glance. The information is updated four times every day by Environment Canada's Weather Centre at Toronto Pearson International Airport. The top light shows: Steady green = clear Steady red = cloudy Flashing red = rain Flashing white = snow The white lights along the support tower show: Lights running up = warmer Lights running down = cooler Steady = steady temperature The beacon was the first of its kind to appear in Canada and was built at a cost of $25,000. The top of the beacon tower stands 321 feet (97.8 m) above University Avenue and, when completed on August 9, 1951, made the structure the third-highest in Toronto, after the Canadian Bank of Commerce Building and the Royal York Hotel. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada_Life_Building en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Text_of_Creative_Commons_... |
Date | Taken on 28 September 2015, 16:40 |
Source | Canada Life Building, Toronto, Ontario |
Author | Ken Lund from Reno, Nevada, USA |
Camera location | 43° 39′ 05.44″ N, 79° 23′ 11.61″ W | View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap | 43.651511; -79.386559 |
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Camera manufacturer | Canon |
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Camera model | Canon PowerShot SX280 HS |
Exposure time | 1/4 sec (0.25) |
F-number | f/3.5 |
ISO speed rating | 800 |
Date and time of data generation | 16:40, 28 September 2015 |
Lens focal length | 4.5 mm |
Latitude | 43° 39′ 5.44″ N |
Longitude | 79° 23′ 11.61″ W |
Orientation | Normal |
Horizontal resolution | 180 dpi |
Vertical resolution | 180 dpi |
File change date and time | 16:40, 28 September 2015 |
Y and C positioning | Co-sited |
Exif version | 2.3 |
Date and time of digitizing | 16:40, 28 September 2015 |
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Maximum land aperture | 3.625 APEX (f/3.51) |
Metering mode | Pattern |
Flash | Flash did not fire, compulsory flash suppression |
Supported Flashpix version | 1 |
Color space | sRGB |
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Sensing method | One-chip color area sensor |
File source | Digital still camera |
Custom image processing | Custom process |
Exposure mode | Manual exposure |
White balance | Auto white balance |
Digital zoom ratio | 1 |
Scene capture type | Standard |
GPS time (atomic clock) | 23:40 |
Receiver status | Measurement in progress |
Geodetic survey data used | WGS-84 |
GPS date | 28 September 2015 |
GPS tag version | 0.0.3.2 |
Rating (out of 5) | 0 |