The Sun Life Building.
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The Sun Life Building in downtown Montreal.
Made by Steve Brandon
From Wikipedia: The building was finished in 1931 after three stages of construction. It was built exclusively for the Sun Life Insurance Company. It measures 122 meters in height and counts 24 stories. Although the then-new head office of the Royal Bank of Canada at 360 Saint Jacques Street in Montreal was taller by several floors, the Sun Life Building was at the time the largest building in terms of square footage anywhere in the British Empire. The Sun Life building went through three different stages of construction, the first one starting as early as 1913, but it was not until 1931 that its main 24 storey tower was erected, thus completing the project. The stages of construction were as follows: * 1913-1918: 7-story southern part of base; * 1923-1926: extension of base eastward and northward; and * 1929-1931: 16-story set-back tower. During World War II, the basement vaults of the Sun Life Building are said to have been the secret hiding place of the Crown Jewels of England and the gold bullion of the Bank of England, although this seems unlikely because the Crown Jewels are forbidden by law to leave British soil; quite apart from that the journey itself would have imposed far greater risk to the jewels than the alternative of leaving them in the Tower of London. Today, the Sun Life is Montreal's 17th tallest building and stands in the middle of the central business district, dwarfed by neighbouring Place Ville-Marie and the nearby CIBC building.
The Sun Life Building.
Made by Steve Brandon
This is an Autostitch composite shot of the Metcalfe Street facade of the Sun Life Building in downtown Montreal, taken from a vantage point in Dominion Square... oops, I mean Dorchester Square, directly facing the middle door at street level.
Sun Life Building
Made by JB in Pacifica
This was completed in 1918, and for a time was the largest office building in the British Empire.
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Corinthian Columns along Rene Levesque
Made by Scott Norsworthy
Nearest places of interest:
| Hotel Windsor (former) Tour Cibc Reine-du-monde Windsor Station | Place Ville-Marie Saint-James Club Montréal Gazette Eaton Centre |
