Vertigo - new glass floor lift - CN Tower


	Vertigo - new glass floor lift - CN Tower

yorkville

4-10-2008 5:41 AM

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cn tower, toronto, ontario, canada, attraction, tourist, lift, glass floor, curious

yorkville says:

It can be quite interesting experience - though more 'thrilling' is to be hung in the air, like in the glass lift at Arc de fraternite in Paris...

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