Canadian Pacific Building (Toronto)

Canadian Pacific Building

Alternative names	Canadian Pacific Railway Building
General information
Type	Commercial offices
Location	69 Yonge Street Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Coordinates	43°38′57″N 79°22′39″W / 43.649043°N 79.377564°W / 43.649043; -79.377564Coordinates: 43°38′57″N 79°22′39″W / 43.649043°N 79.377564°W / 43.649043; -79.377564
Completed	1913
Height
Roof	c. 85 m (279 ft)
Technical details
Floor count	15
Lifts/elevators	3
Design and construction
Architect	Darling and Pearson
References
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The Canadian Pacific Building is a 15-storey highrise at 69 Yonge Street in Toronto designed by the architectural firm of Darling and Pearson. When completed in 1913 as corporate headquarters for the Canadian Pacific Railway, it was the tallest building in Canada, and the British Empire as well.^[3] By 1929, its original ornate terracotta exterior proved to be unable to sufficiently withstand Canadian winters. Over the course of one year and a half, under the supervision of its original architects Darling and Pearson, it was reclad with Indiana Limestone from the fourth floor up, with the original granite on the first three floors untouched.^[4] The Canadian Pacific Railway name no longer adorns the building, but traces of the name still remain on the walls.

References

↑ Canadian Pacific Building (Toronto) at Emporis
↑ "Canadian Pacific Building". SkyscraperPage.
↑ Derek Boles (23 August 2010). "CP Building – 1913". Toronto Railway Historical Association. Retrieved 6 October 2010.
↑ Osbaldeston, Mark (2011). "16: Toronto's New Skyline, 1928 / Unbuilt - Built to Different Plans". Unbuilt Toronto 2: More of the City That Might Have Been. Toronto: Dundurn Press. p. 139. |access-date= requires |url= (help)

External links

Media related to Canadian Pacific Building at Wikimedia Commons
Canadian Pacific Building, Toronto
"Toronto's Edwardian Skyscraper Row" in JSSAC 40 - 2015

Timeline of the tallest buildings in Canada

New York Life Insurance Building (1889)
Toronto Board of Trade Building (1892)
Beard Building (30 m) (1894)
Temple Building (40 m) (1896)
Trader's Bank Building (60 m) (1906)
Dominion Building (53 m) (1910)
Sun Tower (82 m) (1912)
Canadian Pacific Building (c.85 m) (1913)
Royal Bank Building (90 m) (1915)
Tour de la Banque Royale (119 m) (1928)
Fairmont Royal York (124 m) (1929)
Commerce Court North (145 m) (1931)
Tour CIBC (187 m) (1962)
Place Ville Marie (188 m) (1962)
Tour de la Bourse (190 m) (1964)
Toronto-Dominion Bank Tower (223 m) (1967)
Commerce Court West (239 m) (1972)
First Canadian Place (298 m) (1975)

Timeline of the tallest buildings in Toronto

Toronto Board of Trade Building (1892)
Beard Building (30 m) (1894)
Temple Building (40 m) (1896)
Trader's Bank Building (60 m) (1906)
Canadian Pacific Building (c.85 m) (1913)
Royal Bank Building (90 m) (1915)
Sterling Tower (c.100 m) (1928)
Fairmont Royal York (124 m) (1929)
Commerce Court North (145 m) (1931)
Toronto-Dominion Bank Tower (223 m) (1967)
Commerce Court West (239 m) (1972)
First Canadian Place (298 m) (1975)

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