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The Canada Life building was opened in 1931, and was the fourth building to serve as the headquarters of Canada Life, Canada's oldest and at the time largest insurance company.
From Wikipedia...
The building is perhaps best known for the weather beacon atop it introduced on August 9, 1951, originally designed as a mooring tower for airships. The beacon shines red for rain, white for snow, and lights running up or down it indicate a change in temperature.
The beacon's colour-coded translations of weather information provide onlookers with "predictions at a glance". The information is updated four times daily, seven days a week, by Environment Canada's Weather Centre at Pearson International Airport.
The device uses a simple two-signal approach to illustrate the city's weather forecast. A colourful beacon light located at the top of the tower forecasts approaching weather systems, while the second signal, displayed by the lights that are affixed to the support tower, indicates variations in 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 (98 meters) above University Avenue, and upon completion measured second only to the Royal York Hotel as the tallest building peak in Toronto.
The Canada Life building was opened in 1931, and was the fourth building to serve as the headquarters of Canada Life, Canada's oldest and at the time largest insurance company.
From Wikipedia...
The building is perhaps best known for the weather beacon atop it introduced on August 9, 1951, originally designed as a mooring tower for airships. The beacon shines red for rain, white for snow, and lights running up or down it indicate a change in temperature.
The beacon's colour-coded translations of weather information provide onlookers with "predictions at a glance". The information is updated four times daily, seven days a week, by Environment Canada's Weather Centre at Pearson International Airport.
The device uses a simple two-signal approach to illustrate the city's weather forecast. A colourful beacon light located at the top of the tower forecasts approaching weather systems, while the second signal, displayed by the lights that are affixed to the support tower, indicates variations in 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 (98 meters) above University Avenue, and upon completion measured second only to the Royal York Hotel as the tallest building peak in Toronto.
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