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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(...)

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(...)

Date11/6/1962
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Original Toronto Star caption: 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 the new skyscaper will be completed by 1967; Canada's centenial year. Structure will contain 1;500;000 feet of floor space; and will be taller than Montreal's 43-storey Place Ville Marie.
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CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0109489F
New bank plaza takes shape, This is how the new Royal Bank Plaza looks from the nearby Toronto-Dominion Centre in downtown Toronto
New bank plaza takes shape, This is how the new Royal Bank Plaza looks from the nearby Toronto-Dominion Centre in downtown Toronto
2/17/1976
It's still a hole but with a difference, The site of the twin-tower Royal Bank Plaza at Front and Bay Streets in Toronto still looks a heck of a lot l(...)
It's still a hole but with a difference, The site of the twin-tower Royal Bank Plaza at Front and Bay Streets in Toronto still looks a heck of a lot l(...)
4/29/1974
Probably the last giant job in Toronto for a while - because of law restricting building heights -the $100 million Royal Bank of Canada structure at B(...)
Probably the last giant job in Toronto for a while - because of law restricting building heights -the $100 million Royal Bank of Canada structure at B(...)
3/10/1976
Bank high-ups look down on money, High up on the old Bank of Commerce building 16 heads (four each side) have gazed passively for 40 years. They were (...)
Bank high-ups look down on money, High up on the old Bank of Commerce building 16 heads (four each side) have gazed passively for 40 years. They were (...)
9/4/1971
Canada - Ontario - Toronto - Banks - Toronto Dominion Bank - Building
Canada - Ontario - Toronto - Banks - Toronto Dominion Bank - Building
1/4/1984
Healthy Deposit: Gordon Bell, Scotiabank president, looks over some of the 6,000 pounds of food collected by bank employees for the Daily bread food bank
Healthy Deposit: Gordon Bell, Scotiabank president, looks over some of the 6,000 pounds of food collected by bank employees for the Daily bread food bank
10/5/1990
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
10/28/1974
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
11/23/1975
Toronto-Dominion Bank branch, originally Dominion Bank branch, Dundas Street West, southwest corner of Medland Street, Toronto, Ontario.
Toronto-Dominion Bank branch, originally Dominion Bank branch, Dundas Street West, southwest corner of Medland Street, Toronto, Ontario.
1982
Banks on a downtown scrub-up. well-scrubbed look about downtown King Hays? Two major buildings have had a centre-wash-the Bank of Montreal at King and(...)
Banks on a downtown scrub-up. well-scrubbed look about downtown King Hays? Two major buildings have had a centre-wash-the Bank of Montreal at King and(...)
8/26/1967
Scene of today's attempted hold-up, the Bank of Toronto branch at Dundas St
Scene of today's attempted hold-up, the Bank of Toronto branch at Dundas St
3/24/1944
Bank of Commerce has Gallery, Too, You can look down on it from new T-D Centre
Bank of Commerce has Gallery, Too, You can look down on it from new T-D Centre
9/22/1967