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It's still a hole but with a difference, The site of the twin-tower Royal Bank Plaza at Front and Bay Streets in Toronto still looks a heck of a lot l(...)
It's still a hole but with a difference, The site of the twin-tower Royal Bank Plaza at Front and Bay Streets in Toronto still looks a heck of a lot l(...)

It's still a hole but with a difference, The site of the twin-tower Royal Bank Plaza at Front and Bay Streets in Toronto still looks a heck of a lot l(...)

Date4/29/1974
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Original Toronto Star caption: It's still a hole but with a difference; The site of the twin-tower Royal Bank Plaza at Front and Bay Streets in Toronto still looks a heck of a lot like a hole in the ground; but now workmen are starting on the foundation.
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0109474F
      New bank plaza takes shape, This is how the new Royal Bank Plaza looks from the nearby Toronto-Dominion Centre in downtown Toronto
      New bank plaza takes shape, This is how the new Royal Bank Plaza looks from the nearby Toronto-Dominion Centre in downtown Toronto
      Bull, Ron
      2/17/1976
      The Royal Bank of Canada will build a headquarters tower and a shopping centre on a three-acre site bounded by Bay, Wellington and Front Sts., diagona(...)
      The Royal Bank of Canada will build a headquarters tower and a shopping centre on a three-acre site bounded by Bay, Wellington and Front Sts., diagona(...)
      Royal Bank of Canada
      7/20/1971
      Scotia Plaza gets logo, Workers deck Scotia Plaza out with its stylized S logo as the office tower nears completion at King and Bay Sts. Robert Campea(...)
      Scotia Plaza gets logo, Workers deck Scotia Plaza out with its stylized S logo as the office tower nears completion at King and Bay Sts. Robert Campea(...)
      Bank of Nova Scotia
      9/21/1988
      Dome's future home. What looks like a bomb crater from atop the CN Tower is what will be the site of Toronto's new Dome Stadium. The site, now under t(...)
      Dome's future home. What looks like a bomb crater from atop the CN Tower is what will be the site of Toronto's new Dome Stadium. The site, now under t(...)
      Spremo, Boris
      5/21/1986
      Towering model of twin-tower $48 million re-development project proposed for the block bounded by Bloor, Bay, Charles and Balmuto streets was unveiled(...)
      Towering model of twin-tower $48 million re-development project proposed for the block bounded by Bloor, Bay, Charles and Balmuto streets was unveiled(...)
      Goode, Jeff
      2/27/1969
      Bank site today. Toronto-Dominion Bank as it looks today. Building will be torn down to make way for a soaring 55 storey structure. Developers hope th(...)
      Bank site today. Toronto-Dominion Bank as it looks today. Building will be torn down to make way for a soaring 55 storey structure. Developers hope th(...)
      James, Norman
      11/6/1962
      Mike Hayes was hard at it last week to repair the sidewalk in front of the Royal Bank Plaza on Front St. West in downtown Toronto
      Mike Hayes was hard at it last week to repair the sidewalk in front of the Royal Bank Plaza on Front St. West in downtown Toronto
      Spremo, Boris
      9/12/1991
      Upside down man at the corner of Yonge and Front Streets this week was British music hall comic Norman Wisdom, proving his point that he's still nimbl(...)
      Upside down man at the corner of Yonge and Front Streets this week was British music hall comic Norman Wisdom, proving his point that he's still nimbl(...)
      Darrell, Dick
      6/1/1974
      Upper Canada Religious Tract & Book Society, plaque marking site of its founding (in Ontario House hotel) on Bank of Toronto, Wellington Street East, northwest corner Church St
      Upper Canada Religious Tract & Book Society, plaque marking site of its founding (in Ontario House hotel) on Bank of Toronto, Wellington Street East, northwest corner Church St
      Bank of Toronto
      1956
      Business doesn't mean boring: A well-tailored look, a fitted jacket worn alone or with a lacy camisole - that's attractive but still looks professional, says one man
      Business doesn't mean boring: A well-tailored look, a fitted jacket worn alone or with a lacy camisole - that's attractive but still looks professional, says one man
      Beaty, Keith
      2/11/1993
      Tower Topping, A just-completed Scotia Plaza tower casts a tall shadow over the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce tower built in 1931. The Commerce b(...)
      Tower Topping, A just-completed Scotia Plaza tower casts a tall shadow over the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce tower built in 1931. The Commerce b(...)
      Bank of Nova Scotia
      3/20/1989
      It's the strawberries, that's what it is! When you're 42 and still look 16 like singer Teresa Brewer, slicing strawberries and rubbing them on your br(...)
      It's the strawberries, that's what it is! When you're 42 and still look 16 like singer Teresa Brewer, slicing strawberries and rubbing them on your br(...)
      Barkley, Harold
      n.d.