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Third tower topped off. Steelwork on Toronto's newest skycraper w mpleted yesterday when workmen placed this final girder in place on the orey tower, (...)
Third tower topped off. Steelwork on Toronto's newest skycraper w mpleted yesterday when workmen placed this final girder in place on the orey tower, (...)

Third tower topped off. Steelwork on Toronto's newest skycraper w mpleted yesterday when workmen placed this final girder in place on the orey tower, (...)

Date5/29/1973
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Original Toronto Star caption: Third tower topped off. Steelwork on Toronto's newest skycraper w mpleted yesterday when workmen placed this final girder in place on the orey tower; the third building in Toronto-Dominion Complex. It will be known as Commercial Union Tower. [Incomplete]
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CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0110735F
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