The Old Toronto Star Building was an Art Deco office tower in Toronto , Ontario , Canada . The building was at 80 King Street West and was the headquarters of the Toronto Star newspaper from 1929 until 1970. The building was demolished in 1972 to make way for the construction of First Canadian Place .
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8-448: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Old Toronto Star Building The skyscraper is the second tallest voluntarily demolished building in Canada behind the 120.1 m (394 ft) tall Empire Landmark Hotel that was demolished in 2019. The building was designed by the firm of Chapman and Oxley and opened in 1929. It
12-463: The crest of the building. The first six floors were built in reinforced concrete, while the tower was built with a structural steel frame. The first six stories held the offices of the Star , and the rest was rental office space. The 21st floor housed the newspaper's radio studios. The ground floor facing King Street housed a few retail stores and a Stoodleigh's Restaurant at the east end. The basement had
16-404: Was 22 storeys and 88 metres (289 ft) tall. The front facade around the main entrance was clad in granite, the entrance itself having a bronze screen. The first three floors of the building were clad in granite; the upper floors in limestone. On the third floor, the facade was wrapped in elaborate stonework in geometric and floral motifs, which also adorned the interior and the limestone piers at
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