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The Last Girder is raised 951 feet to the top of the 72-storey First Canadian Place, built by the Bank of Montreal, on King St. W. yesterday the only (...)
The Last Girder is raised 951 feet to the top of the 72-storey First Canadian Place, built by the Bank of Montreal, on King St. W. yesterday the only (...)

The Last Girder is raised 951 feet to the top of the 72-storey First Canadian Place, built by the Bank of Montreal, on King St. W. yesterday the only (...)

Date3/14/1975
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  • The Last Girder is raised 951 feet to the top of the 72-storey First Canadian Place, built by the Bank of Montreal, on King St. W. yesterday the only (...)
  • The Last Girder is raised 951 feet to the top of the 72-storey First Canadian Place; built by the Bank of Montreal; on King St. W. yesterday the only taller structure on Toronto's skyline is the CN Tower which will rise 1;835 feet. The building now is the highest in Toronto and the eighth highest in the world. An official of the developing firm chided City Council for its bylaw limiting downtown construction.
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Original Toronto Star caption: The Last Girder is raised 951 feet to the top of the 72-storey First Canadian Place; built by the Bank of Montreal; on King St. W. yesterday the only taller structure on Toronto's skyline is the CN Tower which will rise 1;835 feet. The building now is the highest in Toronto and the eighth highest in the world. An official of the developing firm chided City Council for its bylaw limiting downtown construction.
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      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0109348F
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      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
      Bank of Montreal
      11/23/1975
      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
      Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce
      10/28/1974
      Safe from seizure: The 72-storey First Canadian Place tower was a target of investors who moved to seize assets before O and Y sought bankruptcy protection
      Safe from seizure: The 72-storey First Canadian Place tower was a target of investors who moved to seize assets before O and Y sought bankruptcy protection
      Spremo, Boris
      5/15/1992
      New Tolest to be Tower -- 72 Storey under Construction Bank of Montreal
      New Tolest to be Tower -- 72 Storey under Construction Bank of Montreal
      Bank of Montreal
      9/16/1974
      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, (...)
      Spremo, Boris
      5/29/1973
      458 feet up, Blackie St. Denis (top), Wodie Meaney and Doug Sumner raise the flag today to signal completion of inner core of the Toronto-Dominion Centre's 35-storey third tower
      458 feet up, Blackie St. Denis (top), Wodie Meaney and Doug Sumner raise the flag today to signal completion of inner core of the Toronto-Dominion Centre's 35-storey third tower
      Spremo, Boris
      10/13/1972
      This barrier has kept traffic from Falls View bridge since early yesterday when border officials heard girders snap the first warning of danger. The c(...)
      This barrier has kept traffic from Falls View bridge since early yesterday when border officials heard girders snap the first warning of danger. The c(...)
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      1/27/1938
      951 Queen St. 1986
      951 Queen St. 1986
      Unknown
      1986-07
      T.T.C., bus #951, at Sherbourne Garage, Sherbourne St., northwest corner Esplanade E., looking northeast
      T.T.C., bus #951, at Sherbourne Garage, Sherbourne St., northwest corner Esplanade E., looking northeast
      Salmon, James V. (James Victor)
      1954
      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.
      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.
      Brennan, Pat
      8/23/1988
      A $4 million Helicopter with main rotor blades 72 feet in diameter arrived at the Toronto Island Airport yesterday, eready to lift a 47 1/2-ton crane (...)
      A $4 million Helicopter with main rotor blades 72 feet in diameter arrived at the Toronto Island Airport yesterday, eready to lift a 47 1/2-ton crane (...)
      Bezant, Graham
      3/5/1975
      Canadian Bank of Commerce, King St. W., south west corner Jordan St., Toronto, Ont.
      Canadian Bank of Commerce, King St. W., south west corner Jordan St., Toronto, Ont.
      Canadian Bank of Commerce
      195-?