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28 storeys up -- 29 more to go
28 storeys up -- 29 more to go

28 storeys up -- 29 more to go

Date10/15/1970
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Original Toronto Star caption: 28 storeys up -- 29 more to go. A construction worker welds steel girders on the 28th storey of Commerce Court-the halfway mark in the rise of the 57-storey building at the corner of King and Bay Sts. Tallest building in the Commonwealth when it is completed; the 784-foot tower sheathed in reflecting metal will boast Canada's swiftest elevators.
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0109899F
Man, there's a long way to go. A steel rigger pauses to wipe his brow on the big Commerce Court project, now seven storeys above street with 50 more t(...)
Man, there's a long way to go. A steel rigger pauses to wipe his brow on the big Commerce Court project, now seven storeys above street with 50 more t(...)
6/11/1970
The Queen's Park to be. upper right is the $50 million complex of five ce buildings, one of them 28 storeys tall, which transform the Queen's Park are(...)
The Queen's Park to be. upper right is the $50 million complex of five ce buildings, one of them 28 storeys tall, which transform the Queen's Park are(...)
4/6/1963
12-storey plunge kills worker. Carlos Teles, 33, of Brunswick Ave., fell 12 storeys to death when side of scaffolding gave way, and safety rope was sh(...)
12-storey plunge kills worker. Carlos Teles, 33, of Brunswick Ave., fell 12 storeys to death when side of scaffolding gave way, and safety rope was sh(...)
5/13/1964
Fell four storeys, Al Davidson, 19, fell from a fourth-floor window of the Tip Top Tailor plant (above) and is believed to have suffered a broken back(...)
Fell four storeys, Al Davidson, 19, fell from a fourth-floor window of the Tip Top Tailor plant (above) and is believed to have suffered a broken back(...)
11/12/1938
Laying A Sidewalk--4 Storeys High, First of two 85-foot, 90-ton spans for a pedestrian walkway between the fourth floors of Simpsons-Sears mail order (...)
Laying A Sidewalk--4 Storeys High, First of two 85-foot, 90-ton spans for a pedestrian walkway between the fourth floors of Simpsons-Sears mail order (...)
7/15/1970
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(...)
10/21/1987
Powerful place: The view, from several storeys up, of the reactor which will soon be put into action
Powerful place: The view, from several storeys up, of the reactor which will soon be put into action
8/29/1989
On the scene: Crown attorney Bev Kogan and Coroner Dr. Stefan Kopytek, right, show members of the coroner's jury the elevator where Margaret Joseph, 67, fell 16 storeys to her death
On the scene: Crown attorney Bev Kogan and Coroner Dr. Stefan Kopytek, right, show members of the coroner's jury the elevator where Margaret Joseph, 67, fell 16 storeys to her death
5/5/1982
Search for cause: Officials are trying to find out how four firefighters plunged two storeys from the cherry picker on this firetruck to the roof of a fire hall
Search for cause: Officials are trying to find out how four firefighters plunged two storeys from the cherry picker on this firetruck to the roof of a fire hall
1/29/1989
Monkey fell 11 storeys, Betty, a 4-year-old spider monkey from Africa who tumbled from an 11th-floor balcony Wednesday, frolics with Dr. Graham MacLeo(...)
Monkey fell 11 storeys, Betty, a 4-year-old spider monkey from Africa who tumbled from an 11th-floor balcony Wednesday, frolics with Dr. Graham MacLeo(...)
6/15/1972
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(...)
11/24/1970
Falls five storeys to death. Morris Powlatsky, aged 53, of Winnipeg, a guest at the Walker House, fell from the fire escape on the fifth floor of the (...)
Falls five storeys to death. Morris Powlatsky, aged 53, of Winnipeg, a guest at the Walker House, fell from the fire escape on the fifth floor of the (...)
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