Sterling Tower is a twenty one storey art deco

skyscraper A skyscraper is a tall continuously habitable building having multiple floors. Modern sources currently define skyscrapers as being at least or in height, though there is no universally accepted definition. Skyscrapers are very tall high-ris ...

at 372 Bay Street at Richmond Street in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Overview

Chapman and Oxley Chapman and Oxley was a Toronto-based architectural firm that was responsible for designing a number of prominent buildings in the city during the 1920s and 1930s. Even with the departure of Chapman, the firm's last projects appeared to be in the l ...

, and completed in 1928, 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.

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at ''UrbanDB'' {{Buildings in Toronto timeline Office buildings completed in 1928 Skyscraper office buildings in Toronto City of Toronto Heritage Properties Art Deco skyscrapers Art Deco architecture in Canada Chapman and Oxley buildings 1928 establishments in Ontario