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The world's tallest bank rising at King and Bay, By Lee Belland Star staff writer Canada's newest entry for the Guinness Book of Records is rising ste(...)
The world's tallest bank rising at King and Bay, By Lee Belland Star staff writer Canada's newest entry for the Guinness Book of Records is rising ste(...)

The world's tallest bank rising at King and Bay, By Lee Belland Star staff writer Canada's newest entry for the Guinness Book of Records is rising ste(...)

Date12/17/1974
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  • The world's tallest bank rising at King and Bay, By Lee Belland Star staff writer Canada's newest entry for the Guinness Book of Records is rising ste(...)
  • The world's tallest bank rising at King and Bay; By Lee Belland Star staff writer Canada's newest entry for the Guinness Book of Records is rising steadily at Canada's banking corner-King and Bay Sts. The entry is the Bank of Montreal tower on First Canadian Place at the northwest sector of the all banking intersection. The category being aimed at is under the heading Biggest Bank Building in the World; now occupied by the Chase Manhattan Bank in New York.
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Original Toronto Star caption: The world's tallest bank rising at King and Bay; By Lee Belland Star staff writer Canada's newest entry for the Guinness Book of Records is rising steadily at Canada's banking corner-King and Bay Sts. The entry is the Bank of Montreal tower on First Canadian Place at the northwest sector of the all banking intersection. The category being aimed at is under the heading Biggest Bank Building in the World; now occupied by the Chase Manhattan Bank in New York.
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