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Sister Skyscraper to the 56-storey Toronto-Dominion Tower is the 46 storey Royal Trust Tower on King St
Sister Skyscraper to the 56-storey Toronto-Dominion Tower is the 46 storey Royal Trust Tower on King St

Sister Skyscraper to the 56-storey Toronto-Dominion Tower is the 46 storey Royal Trust Tower on King St

Date7/10/1968
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Original Toronto Star caption: Sister Skyscraper to the 56-storey Toronto-Dominion Tower is the 46 storey Royal Trust Tower on King St. The little sister was officially topped off yesterday amid flying flags and hooting whistles. To the north; beginning of a revitalized city core including Richmond-Adelaide Centre and the new City Hall.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0110765F
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12/22/1971
People-Watcher Don Curry sits outside the 56-storey Toronto-Dominion Centre, where he works, and contemplates on how different life is in the centre o(...)
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Progress check: Two of the partners in Telfer's Tower Club (Hotels) Ltd., Kerry Baskey, left, and Robert Hanson, inspect the work being done on their luxury hotel on the 28th and 29th floor of the 69-storey Scotia Plaza, being built at King and Bay Sts.
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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
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New look: The Millichamps Building, built in 1875, right, now boast a nine-storey mirrored tower and has been linked by a clear glass atrium to the Lennox Building, below
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