8,000 giant dominos knocked down in Toronto
8,000 giant dominos knocked down in Toronto
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00:00Line him up and knock him down.
00:02That's exactly what hundreds of
00:04volunteers did with over 8000
00:05supersized dominoes across the city.
00:07The joyous art installation spanned
00:092 1⁄2 kilometers before it all
00:11came tumbling down and City
00:13News got a front row view.
00:22And you're down into the porch.
00:30She said something about.
00:38But today we are presenting the largest
00:40domino course that Toronto has ever seen.
00:42It weaves itself for 2 1⁄2 kilometers
00:45all throughout the city, crossing roads,
00:46going through homes,
00:47going through businesses,
00:49stitching the neighborhood
00:50together in all new ways.
00:51This is the place.
00:54It's right here, yeah, yeah,
00:55like we need to.
01:01Yeah, we've set up 2.7 kilometers
01:03worth of these dominoes and the
01:06dominoes are made of aerated concrete.
01:09Their blocks and they're going in
01:12restaurants in people's homes upstairs.
01:16Falling over cliffs and up towers
01:19and ultimately starting here in this
01:22neighborhood and then ending up in the lake.
01:25So it's a it's a heck of a lot of work
01:29and 25 minutes of joy.
01:31Pure joy, the number of people that
01:33this event has brought out just to
01:36come and sort of check it out.
01:38Because it's sort of a crazy thing
01:40to do is really beautiful.
01:41What's your name?
01:42My name is Avery.
01:43Do you love dominoes?
01:45Yes, how much do you love dominoes?
01:49About 10 out of 10.
01:50I think it's going to be really awesome
01:52because I get a kick down the first domino.
01:55Hey.