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Canadian Bank of Commerce

Photo by Alan L Brown - Posted September, 2015

Photo and transcription by contributor Wayne Adam - Posted September, 2015

Photo Source - Wikimedia Commons

This City of Toronto plaque is located near the southeast corner of King Street West and Bay Street as part of an information post. Here's what it has to say:

Coordinates: 43.648631 -79.380044

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Once dominating the Toronto skyline, the Canadian Bank of Commerce building was the tallest building in the British Commonwealth for three decades. Rising to 34 storeys, it was designed by the Toronto firm of Darling and Pearson in partnership with New York bank architects York and Sawyer. Plans for the building began in 1927 and the design reflects a glamorous period in the financial industry. Escalating in tiers, the building features carved Romanesque Revival details and a vaulted banking hall. The interruption in development caused by the economic depression of the 1930s and the Second World War secured the building's prominence as the tallest in the Commonwealth until 1962.

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The Canadian Bank of Commerce Building 1929-1931

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Canadian General Electric Company Building 1908
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Imperial Bank of Canada 1908
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