Beard Building - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
Beard Building - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
The Beard Building was a seven-storey, Richardsonian Romanesque highrise in Toronto, Ontario, Canada that is considered to be Toronto's first skyscraper. Designed by E. J. Lennox and completed in 1894, initial plans were for a nine-storey, iron-framed structure, but a more traditional wood-brick combination with seven storeys was settled upon. Read more on Wikipedia
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