Sterling Tower

Commercial offices in Ontario, Canada
43°39′04″N 79°22′54″W / 43.650973°N 79.381612°W / 43.650973; -79.381612Completed1928HeightRoofc.100 m (330 ft)Technical detailsFloor count21Lifts/elevators4Design and constructionArchitect(s)Chapman and OxleyStructural engineerYolles GroupReferences[1][2]

Sterling Tower is a twenty one storey [3] art deco skyscraper at 372 Bay Street at Richmond Street in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Overview

Designed by Chapman and Oxley, and completed in 1928,[4] the building was the tallest in the city for one year, until the construction of the Royal York Hotel. Henry Falk, a New York entrepreneur, was the builder responsible for Sterling Tower's construction along with local firm Yolles & Rotenberg. The Sterling Tower was part of Toronto's late 1920s building boom.

Recognition

On 18 August 1976, Sterling Tower was adopted by the City Council of Toronto as an architectural/contextual Heritage Property.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Emporis building ID 132770". Emporis. Archived from the original on March 6, 2016.
  2. ^ "Sterling Tower". SkyscraperPage.
  3. ^ "Toronto Top Ten (by height) 1929-2014". Urban Toronto. Retrieved 3 August 2018.
  4. ^ "Historicist: Beaux Arts Eclecticism". Torontoist. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
  5. ^ "Heritage Property Detail: Sterling Tower". City of Toronto. Retrieved 6 October 2010.

External links

  • Sterling Towers at UrbanDB
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