Image 1 — Canada’s Demolished Early Skyscrapers
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Canada’s Demolished Early Skyscrapers

  1. Architect’s Building, Montreal
  2. Ford Hotel, Toronto
  3. Georgia Medical-Dental Building, Vancouver
  4. Bank of Montreal Building, Toronto
  5. Old Toronto Daily Star Building, Toronto
  6. Hotel Laurentian, Montreal
  7. Second Hotel Vancouver, Vancouver
  8. Temple Building, Toronto
  9. Birk’s Building, Vancouver
u/jamescoolcrafter15 — 2 days ago

Lost Early Skyscrapers of Canada

  1. Architect’s Building, Montreal
  2. Ford Hotel, Toronto
  3. Georgia Medical-Dental Building, Vancouver
  4. Bank of Montreal Building, Toronto
  5. Old Toronto Daily Star Building, Toronto
  6. Hotel Laurentian, Montreal
  7. Second Hotel Vancouver, Vancouver
  8. Temple Building, Toronto
  9. Birk’s Building, Vancouver
u/jamescoolcrafter15 — 2 days ago
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Chamber of Mines Building, Johannesburg (c. 1936) - Historic Skyscrapers of Africa Day 6

u/jamescoolcrafter15 — 2 months ago
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Anstey’s Building, Johannesburg (c. 1936) - Historic Skyscrapers of Africa Day 5

u/jamescoolcrafter15 — 2 months ago

Cancelled 1925 proposal for gothic skyscraper at King and Yonge

This skyscraper would have stood at around 36-storeys (hard to fully tell with this photo) at the northwest corner of King and Yonge, making it a complete intersection of early high-rises. It was designed by architect Eustace G. Bird, who also helped design the Royal Bank Building, directly across the street on Yonge, 10 years earlier. It would have been the tallest tower in Toronto upon its completion, seemingly around the height of Commerce Court North. The proposal was approved and plans were already in place to demolish the buildings on the property to make way for construction. However, the skyscraper was cancelled a year later. Unfortunately, like other proposals of the era, it's likely the financing for the project was never fully fulfilled, and when the Great Depression rolled in a few years later, any hope of a pre-war tower in this spot died completely.

u/jamescoolcrafter15 — 2 months ago