One King Street West Edit Building

Identification

Approximate Address - 1 King Street West [map]

City - Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Region - Greater Golden Horseshoe

Replaced by - 1 King West

Nearby Buildings - Canadian Pacific Building, 4 King Street West, The Metropole, Trader's Bank Building, 8 King Street East, 11 King Street West, Deak International Building, 18 King Street East, 100 Yonge Street, Norwich Union Building

Technical

Type - High-Rise

Designation - Office

Status - Reconstructed

Floors - 12

Companies

Architect - Darling & Pearson

Building Record History

2005 - Reconstructed

Reference Material

Contributors: Bob Krawczyk

• "Doors Open Toronto 2006 Guide". (2006, 25 May). Toronto Star.

• Kidd, Kenneth. (2005, 13 March). "Trumping the Donald". Toronto Star.

  That would be the chairman of what was once the Dominion Bank, whose wood-panelled lair once occupied a requisite corner of the original, 1912 building, 12 floors up. It's now a featured stop on any Harry tour of One King West, above and beside which Harry has somehow brought forth a 51-storey residential tower, pencil-thin in sympathy with his own physique. If only, that is, he could find the keys. "I usually have a wad of them but it slipped my mind," he says. An assistant starts making calls while Harry doubles back around the office.

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