Posted AT 6:00 AM EST on 14/07/08
Heritage lives on, under different guise
When the doors opened to the first “Motor Show” in Toronto's Automotive Building in 1929, patrons were enthralled by the likes of the new Cord, Stutz, Duesenberg and Hudson, among many other vehicles, bathed in amber-tinted light streaming in through skylights.
The skylights are gone – and now so are the cars. After eight decades and countless trade shows and other exhibits, the Automotive Building is getting a $46.
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