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53 storeys and rising. The Scotia Plaza Tower will be 68 storeys high when it is completed about the end of this year. The first 23 floors are already(...)
53 storeys and rising. The Scotia Plaza Tower will be 68 storeys high when it is completed about the end of this year. The first 23 floors are already(...)

53 storeys and rising. The Scotia Plaza Tower will be 68 storeys high when it is completed about the end of this year. The first 23 floors are already(...)

Date10/21/1987
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Original Toronto Star caption: 53 storeys and rising. The Scotia Plaza Tower will be 68 storeys high when it is completed about the end of this year. The first 23 floors are already sheathed in brown marble. The photo was taken from the Commerce Court.
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Object NumberTSPA_0109394F
Heading for new heights, construction worker Ab Ivany, now working on new Commerce Court tower that will rise 57 storeys, recalls that 41 years ago, i(...)
Heading for new heights, construction worker Ab Ivany, now working on new Commerce Court tower that will rise 57 storeys, recalls that 41 years ago, i(...)
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce
11/24/1970
A bank tower in the making, The wreckage in the foreground is the very first stage in clearing away room to sink the foundation for the 68-storey Scot(...)
A bank tower in the making, The wreckage in the foreground is the very first stage in clearing away room to sink the foundation for the 68-storey Scot(...)
Bank of Nova Scotia
8/6/1985
Tower Topping, A just-completed Scotia Plaza tower casts a tall shadow over the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce tower built in 1931. The Commerce b(...)
Tower Topping, A just-completed Scotia Plaza tower casts a tall shadow over the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce tower built in 1931. The Commerce b(...)
Bank of Nova Scotia
3/20/1989
25 King St. W.-the bank's graceful 43-year-old, 34-storey Indiania Limestone and Ontario granite tiered office tower, at 476 feet the tallest building in the Commonwealth for more than three decades
25 King St. W.-the bank's graceful 43-year-old, 34-storey Indiania Limestone and Ontario granite tiered office tower, at 476 feet the tallest building in the Commonwealth for more than three decades
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce
10/28/1974
New Tolest to be Tower -- 72 Storey under Construction Bank of Montreal
New Tolest to be Tower -- 72 Storey under Construction Bank of Montreal
Bank of Montreal
9/16/1974
Scotia Plaza gets logo, Workers deck Scotia Plaza out with its stylized S logo as the office tower nears completion at King and Bay Sts. Robert Campea(...)
Scotia Plaza gets logo, Workers deck Scotia Plaza out with its stylized S logo as the office tower nears completion at King and Bay Sts. Robert Campea(...)
Bank of Nova Scotia
9/21/1988
Front St. Building sold, This four storey warehouse building at 47 Front St. E. has been sold to an undisclosed buyer by Gibson Bros., realtors, for F(...)
Front St. Building sold, This four storey warehouse building at 47 Front St. E. has been sold to an undisclosed buyer by Gibson Bros., realtors, for F(...)
Toronto Star (Firm)
5/22/1939
Airlifting a sign, Huge signs will soon shine from the top of the 72-storey Bank of Montreal building on King St
Airlifting a sign, Huge signs will soon shine from the top of the 72-storey Bank of Montreal building on King St
Bank of Montreal
11/23/1975
Bank site today. Toronto-Dominion Bank as it looks today. Building will be torn down to make way for a soaring 55 storey structure. Developers hope th(...)
Bank site today. Toronto-Dominion Bank as it looks today. Building will be torn down to make way for a soaring 55 storey structure. Developers hope th(...)
James, Norman
11/6/1962
The Last Girder is raised 951 feet to the top of the 72-storey First Canadian Place, built by the Bank of Montreal, on King St. W. yesterday the only (...)
The Last Girder is raised 951 feet to the top of the 72-storey First Canadian Place, built by the Bank of Montreal, on King St. W. yesterday the only (...)
Bank of Montreal
3/14/1975
Scotia Plaza, 44 King St. W.: Though it is thoroughly modern in feel, Scotia Plaza represents a departure from the standard modernist box. At the top,(...)
Scotia Plaza, 44 King St. W.: Though it is thoroughly modern in feel, Scotia Plaza represents a departure from the standard modernist box. At the top,(...)
Bank of Nova Scotia
3/11/1988
Scotia Plaza Swedish Marble destined for
Scotia Plaza Swedish Marble destined for
Bank of Nova Scotia
6/27/1986