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New pier opens at Toronto's Pearson airport

CBC

The newest addition to Toronto's Pearson International Airport, an international pier in Terminal 1, opened for business Tuesday morning. Pier F is handling all flights from the now closed Terminal 2, marking the end of one of the largest and most expensive infrastructure projects in Canadian history. People have commented that the facility is "large but intimate," said Moshe Safdie, the lead architect for Terminal 1. "Airports are maybe the most spectacular infrastructure that we build as a community and, therefore, airports become symbols whether one likes it or not," he told CBC News.