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Bank of Toronto and Simon Fraser University blue plaque

Vancouver, BC, Canada

Bank of Toronto Architects: Somervell & Putnam Originally designed for the Union Bank of Canada, this Greek temple-style bank opened as the local head office of the Bank of Toronto in 1920, when Hastings Street was lined with ten other banks and served as Vancouver's main business street. Architect

W. Marbury Somervell, trained in Paris at the Ecole des Beaux Arts, designed the Bank in the Italian Second Renaissance Style. Later the Toronto Dominion Bank had its main branch here until 1984. Pete

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