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More steel going up, Structural steel work has started rising above ground at the Commercial Union Tower, the third high-rise building in the Toronto-(...)
More steel going up, Structural steel work has started rising above ground at the Commercial Union Tower, the third high-rise building in the Toronto-(...)

More steel going up, Structural steel work has started rising above ground at the Commercial Union Tower, the third high-rise building in the Toronto-(...)

Date1/3/1973
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  • More steel going up; Structural steel work has started rising above ground at the Commercial Union Tower; the third high-rise building in the Toronto-Dominion Centre; as shown above; from York and Wellington Sts.
  • More steel going up, Structural steel work has started rising above ground at the Commercial Union Tower, the third high-rise building in the Toronto-(...)
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Original Toronto Star caption: More steel going up; Structural steel work has started rising above ground at the Commercial Union Tower; the third high-rise building in the Toronto-Dominion Centre; as shown above; from York and Wellington Sts.
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CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0110734F
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Richard Haney thinks city shold ban labelling of high-rise commercial buildings
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Pride of Israel Synagogue, officially opened yesterday on Lissom Crescent, near Bathurst and Steels Aves
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Boris Spremo. Workmen erecting the steel base for the new Top of Toronto restaurant at the Sky Pod level last year grinned back at photographer Spremo(...)
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Defasco Steel Plant
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