Editing CN Tower (section)

=== Opening ===
The CN Tower opened on June 26, 1976.<ref>{{cite news| title=CN Tower celebrates 40 years as a tourist magnet and lightning rod| date=June 25, 2016| access-date=June 27, 2016| url=https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2016/06/25/cn-tower-celebrates-40-years-as-a-tourist-magnet-and-lightning-rod.html| last=Botelho-Urbanski| first=Jessica| work=Toronto Star}}</ref> The construction costs of approximately {{CAD|63 million|link=yes}} (${{formatprice|{{Inflation|CA|63000000|1976}}}} in {{Inflation-year|CA}} dollars){{inflation-fn|CA}} were repaid in fifteen years.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Building the CN Tower|url=https://dozr.com/blog/building-the-cn-tower|access-date=2021-09-08|website=DOZR|language=en}}</ref>

From the mid-1970s to the mid-1980s, the CN Tower was practically the only development along Front Street West; it was still possible to see Lake Ontario from the foot of the CN Tower due to the expansive parking lots and lack of development in the area at the time. As the area around the tower was developed, particularly with the completion of the [[Metro Toronto Convention Centre]] (north building) in 1984 and SkyDome in 1989 (renamed [[Rogers Centre]] in 2005), the former Railway Lands were redeveloped and the tower became the centre of a newly developing entertainment area. Access was greatly improved with the construction of the [[SkyWalk]] in 1989, which connected the tower and SkyDome to the nearby [[Union Station (Toronto)|Union Station]] railway and [[Union station (TTC)|subway station]], and, in turn, to the city's [[Path (Toronto)|Path]] underground pedestrian system. By the mid-1990s, it was the centre of a thriving tourist district. The entire area continues to be an area of intense building, notably a [[Manhattanization|boom]] in [[condominium]] construction in [[Canadian property bubble|the first quarter of the 21st century]], as well as the 2013 opening of the [[Ripley's Aquarium of Canada|Ripley's Aquarium]] by the base of the tower.<ref name="great"/><ref name="CNTower"/><ref name="ieee"/>