Canada's 5 major banks have their headquarters in Toronto.
BMO
CIBC
TD
SCOTIA
RBC
The Toronto skyline grew in the later half of the 20th century with the help of both local and international architects and designers.
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First Canadian Place was originally covered in 45000 Carrara marble tiles.
Commerce Court North was Canada's first true skyscraper when it was built in 1931.
It is the tallest of Mies van der Rohe designed office towers that exist in the world.
The tower is built around a frame of reinforced concrete, not a steel framework.
The complex is comprised of two towers connected by a 40m high banking hall.
It is the tallest office tower in Canada, and uses double stacked elevators for its 72 floors.
The West tower was the largest stainless steel clad building in the world when it was first built in 1972.
TD Centre consists of 6 office towers, 5 similar black towers, and one white.
The outer tiles are Napoleon Granite, quarried in Sweden and polished in Italy.
The 14000 windows of the complex are chemically baked with 7875kg of 24k gold.
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