Canada Permanent Trust Building
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Canada Permanent Trust Building in Toronto
, Ontario
, Canada
is an Art Deco
structure built between 1928 and 1930. It was designed by the architect Henry Sproatt
. The 18 floor building is located at 320 Bay Street and was built by F. Hilton Wilkes.
The Art Deco building's current tenant is CIBC Mellon
; it was renovated for them in 2001.
The building was used for the exterior shots for the television show Traders
.
Toronto
Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...
, Ontario
Ontario
Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....
, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
is an Art Deco
Art Deco
Art deco , or deco, is an eclectic artistic and design style that began in Paris in the 1920s and flourished internationally throughout the 1930s, into the World War II era. The style influenced all areas of design, including architecture and interior design, industrial design, fashion and...
structure built between 1928 and 1930. It was designed by the architect Henry Sproatt
Henry Sproatt
Henry Sproatt was a Canadian architect in the early 20th Century.Born in Toronto, he trained in Europe and in New York. He formed a partnership with another celebrated architect, John A. Pearson in 1890 and with Frank Darling in 1893...
. The 18 floor building is located at 320 Bay Street and was built by F. Hilton Wilkes.
The Art Deco building's current tenant is CIBC Mellon
CIBC Mellon
CIBC Mellon was founded in 1996 as a joint venture between the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce and the Mellon Financial Corporation to offer asset servicing to institutional investors...
; it was renovated for them in 2001.
The building was used for the exterior shots for the television show Traders
Traders (TV series)
Traders is a Canadian television drama series, which was broadcast on Global Television Network from 1995 to 2000.-Overview:Although Global had locked up most of NBC's "Must See Thursday" situation comedies for their Thursday night broadcasts, they lost the rights to broadcast the medical drama ER...
.