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Canada Life

The beaux arts style Canada Life building on University Ave in Toronto, topped by its iconic weather beacon, was built in 1929 - 1931 in the Great Depression. The beacon, recently retrofitted with LED's, provides updated weather forecasts four times daily. Canada Life has been selling insurance since 1847. Processed in PS.

 

An earlier image of this building was posted in Aug 2020: www.flickr.com/photos/pixelsnap/50288457653/in/dateposted...

 

Decoding the Weather Beacon:

www.canadalife.com/about-us/news-highlights/news/iconic-c...

 

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Uploaded on October 6, 2021
Taken on September 27, 2021