Completed 1929 Roof 88 metres (289 ft) Height 88 m Floors 22 Architecture firm Chapman and Oxley | Owner Toronto Star Floor count 22 Opened 1929 Cost 1.5 million CAD Demolished 1972 | |
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Type Office
(Newspaper publishing) Location 80 King West
Toronto, Ontario Similar William H Wright Building, Ford Hotel, Trader's Bank Building, Toronto Star Building, Maple Leaf Stadium | ||
The Old Toronto Star Building was an Art Deco office tower in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It was the headquarters of the Toronto Star newspaper from 1929 until 1970. It was demolished to make way for the First Canadian Place tower.
The building was located at 80 King Street West. The building was designed by the firm of Chapman and Oxley and opened in 1929. It 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 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 a restaurant and barbershop.
Some stonework from the building can be found at Guild Park and Gardens, along with other portions of facades of lost buildings of Toronto.
Superman co-creator Joe Shuster used the building as a model for the Daily Planet Building.