Early Skyscrapers in Canada

[TorontoDrew]

Images from: https://static.torontopubliclibrary.ca


1925 Toronto
The back sides of the Royal Bank Building and



Canadian Pacific Building
Built 1913


Traders Bank
Built 1906



Royal Bank Building in the background
Built 1914


The King Edward Hotel
Built 1903




A whole bunch from left to right
Picture taken 1962

The Toronto Star, The Dominion Building, Royal Trust, Bank of Montreal, Scotia Bank


1931 Commerce Court North


Toronto's first over the 100m mark the Royal York.
Built 1929


The Sterling Tower Built 1928
Prominent Toronto realtor falls from skyscraper to death. Mr. Rotenberg (Inset), had apparently stepped out on the balcony of his office suite on the 21st floor of his Sterling Towers building, Bay and Richmond Sts., when he slipped on its wet tiles. His body dropped 16 storeys before crashing into the roof of the building occupied by the Evangelical Publishers, inc. The line of his fall is indicated by the white lines


Hermant Block
Built 1913

[WhipperSnapper]

The thread has a specific topic. It's not a general post images of old buildings thread

The Canadian Pacific building was reskinned in 1929 and, like modern day reskins, it doesn't live up to the original.

[stevanford1]

The Sun Tower in Vancouver, built 1912.

[TorontoDrew]

Originally Posted by WhipperSnapper

The thread has a specific topic. It's not a general post images of old buildings
The Canadian Pacific building was reskinned in 1929 and, like modern day reskins, it doesn't live up to the original.

I didn't know that, so it was reskinned because the original material couldn't handle the extreme climate in Toronto. It's strange that the architects for FCP didn't learn any lessons from earlier highrises.