Sterling Tower

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Sterling Tower
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Sterling Tower
General information
TypeCommercial offices
Location Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Coordinates 43°39′04″N79°22′54″W / 43.650973°N 79.381612°W / 43.650973; -79.381612
Completed1928
Height
Roofc.100 m (330 ft)
Technical details
Floor count21
Lifts/elevators4
Design and construction
Architect(s) Chapman and Oxley
Structural engineer Yolles Group
References
[1] [2]

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

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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]

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References

  1. "Emporis building ID 132770". Emporis . Archived from the original on March 6, 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  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.