Sterling Tower
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| name = Sterling Tower
| image = Sterling Tower.JPG
| image_size = 250px
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| location = Toronto, Ontario, Canada
| coordinates = {{coord|43.650973|-79.381612|region:CA-ON|display=inline,title}}
| completion_date = 1928
| building_type = Commercial offices
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| roof = c.{{convert|100|m|abbr=on}}
| top_floor =
| floor_count = 21
| elevator_count = 4
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| architect = Chapman and Oxley
| structural_engineer= Yolles Group
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| references = {{Cite web |url=https://www.emporis.com/buildings/132770 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306075723/https://www.emporis.com/buildings/132770 |url-status=usurped |archive-date=March 6, 2016 |title=Emporis building ID 132770 |work=Emporis}}{{skyscraperpage|50286}}
}}
Sterling Tower is a twenty one storey {{cite web | url=http://urbantoronto.ca/news/2010/12/toronto-top-ten-height-1929-2014 |title=Toronto Top Ten (by height) 1929-2014 | publisher=Urban Toronto |accessdate=3 August 2018}} art deco skyscraper at 372 Bay Street at Richmond Street in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Overview
Designed by Chapman and Oxley, and completed in 1928,{{cite web | url=https://torontoist.com/2013/10/historicist-beaux-arts-eclecticism/ |title=Historicist: Beaux Arts Eclecticism | publisher=Torontoist |accessdate=3 November 2017}} 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.{{cite web | url=http://secure.toronto.ca/HeritagePreservation/details.do?folderRsn=2433249&propertyRsn=210635 |title=Heritage Property Detail: Sterling Tower | publisher=City of Toronto |accessdate=6 October 2010}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.urbandb.com/canada/ontario/toronto/sterling-towers/ Sterling Towers] at UrbanDB
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Category:Office buildings completed in 1928
Category:Skyscraper office buildings in Toronto
Category:City of Toronto Heritage Properties
Category:Art Deco architecture in Canada