New York and Toronto: Separated at birth?

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The Canadian Pacific Building: Toronto
The Canadian Pacific Building at 69 Yonge Street was erected in 1911 by the architectural firm of Darling & Pearson to serve as the head office and ticket agent for the Canadian Pacific Railway here in Toronto. However the rail company moved out decades ago but a ghostly image of the CPR name can still be seen on the exterior walls. Once the tallest building in Canada when first built it was then clad in terra-cotta and was re-clad in limestone in the 1920’s.

The Park Row Building: New York
First known as the Ivins Syndicate Building, the Park Row Building is located on Park Row in the Financial District of New York City. Also known 15 Park Row its architect Robert Henderson Robertson was a pioneer in steel skyscraper design. One of the first structures to be called a skyscraper, the building was completed in 1899.

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Is the Canadian Pacific Building clad in limestone?

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NYC news from 1921:

CANADIAN PACIFIC BUILDING

21-Story Structure In 44th Street is to Be a Transportation Centre.

NY TIMES [pdf]
February 2, 1921

The Canadian Pacific Railway has taken a twenty-one-year lease on the first two floors and basement of the twenty-one-story building now nearing completion at the southwest corner of Madison Avenue and Forty-fourth Street ...

The article goes on to say that previously there had been 5 other locations for CP, and that in 1921 the company had freight offices in the Woolworth Building (across from 15 Park Row).

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Originally the CP Building in Toronto was clad in exhuberant terracotta but later on all of the brick and tiles were removed and the bland grey limestone was added

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The Seagram Building: New York
The Seagram Building at 375 Park Avenue, between 52nd Street and 53rd Street in Midtown Manhattan was designed by architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, in collaboration with Philip Johnson and was completed in 1958.

The Toronto-Dominion Centre: Toronto
The Toronto-Dominion Centre in downtown Toronto, Ontario opened in 1967. The project was the inspiration of Allen Lambert, former President and Chairman of the Board of the Toronto-Dominion Bank, with Phyllis Lambert (his sister in law) recommending Ludwig Mies van der Rohe as design consultant to the architects, John B. Parkin and Associates and Bregman + Hamann.

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Union Station: Toronto
Union Station built in 1914 (officially opened in 1927) is the largest and most opulent railway station erected in Canada. The building was designed by the architecture firm of Ross and Macdonald, with assistance from the CPR's architect Hugh Johnes, as well as Toronto architect John M. Lyle. Its design was cited in 1975 by the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada as being of "national architectural significance as one of the finest examples of Beaux Arts railway station design in Canada.

Penn Station: New York
Pennsylvania Train Station (1910–1963) by McKim, Mead and White was a breathtaking monumental entrance to New York City. Its enormous main waiting room, inspired by the Roman Baths of Caracalla, was almost the size of St. Peter's nave in Rome. Penn Station was demolished in 1963 to make way for the present Madison Square Gardens.

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Hotel Riverview New York City
113 Jane Street, New York City, NY 10014
Formerly Old Seaman’s Institute was a refuge for survivors of the Titanic

Odd Fellow Hall Toronto Ontario
Yonge and College Streets
1891

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New York City's third Madison Square Garden was located on the west side of Eighth Avenue at 50th Street now the site of One Worldwide Plaza.

The exterior of Hudson Bay store in Toronto ON was converted into New York City’s 3rd Madison Square Gardens for the movie Cinderella Man 2005

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The International Telephone and Telegraph Building: New York
The International Telephone and Telegraph Building at 75 Broad Street is a 35-story tower built by Buchman & Kahn in 1928 with the southwestern entrance having a mosaic dome depicting commerce uniting the hemispheres with electricity.

The Concourse Building: Toronto
The Concourse Building at 100 Adelaide Street West was built in 1928 by architects Baldwin and Greene who commissioned artists J.E.H. MacDonald and his son Thoreau (MacDonald Sr was a painter with the famed Group of Seven) to create the mosaic on the southwestern entrance depicting the many businesses that made Toronto an industrial powerhouse.

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Penn Station: New York
In 1910 McKim, Mead and White's built Pennsylvania Train Station to be a breathtaking monumental entrance to New York City. With its enormous main waiting room, inspired by the Roman Baths of Caracalla, it was demolished in 1963 to make way for the present Madison Square Gardens.

Commerce Court North: Toronto
Commerce Court Northwas built in 1930 to be the headquarters of the Canadian Bank of Commerce and still stands today. Designed by the Canadian firm Pearson and Darling with the American bank specialists York and Sawyer as consulting architects, the 34-storey tower was the tallest building in Canada until 1962. The main banking hall was also modeled like Penn Station was, after ancient Rome's Baths of Caracalla.

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The Flatiron Building New York City: The Flatiron Building or Fuller Building as it was originally called, at 175 Fifth Ave considered to be one of the first skyscrapers ever built was completed in 1902 and was one of the tallest buildings in New York City at 285 feet (87 m) with 22 floors by Daniel Burnham John Wellborn Root & Frederick P. Dinkelberg

25 The Esplanade Toronto: Inspired greatly by New York City’s Flatiron building 25 The Esplanade is a 571 suite condo with 33 floors, 96.8m (317.59f) tall and was built in 1988 by Matsui Baer Vanstone Architects

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The Waldorf-Astoria Hotel: New York
The Waldorf-Astoria Hotel at 301 Park Avenue in Manhattan is a 47 story; 625 ft. (191 m) Art Deco landmark, designed by architects Schultze and Weaver opened in 1931 and has 1416 rooms.

The Fairmont Royal York Hotel: Toronto
The Fairmont Royal York Hotel at 100 Front Street West opened on June 11, 1929, designed by Ross and Macdonald (with Sproatt and Rolph) has 28 floors and 1,600 rooms and was the largest hotel in the British Empire for almost 30 years.

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City Hall Post Office New York
The City Hall Post Office in Lower Manhattan once stood directly across Broadway from the Woolworth Building: The elaborate mansard-roofed Second Empire Style post office was built in 1878 by A. B. Mullet. The building stood until 1938, when the beautification of City Hall Park for the 1939 World's Fair hastened its demise.

General Post Office Toronto
Toronto’s General Post Office aka the 8th Post Office once stood on Adelaide Street East at the head of Toronto Street: Built in the elaborate Second Empire Style in c. 1871-1873 by architect Henry Langley (1836-1907), the post office was torn down in 1958.

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The New York Times Building New York City: Eighth Avenue, between 56th and 57th Streets
Renzo Piano Building Workshop, FXFOWLE Architects
52 floors 1,046 ft (319 m) including antenna
Opened in 2007

First Canadian Place Toronto: 100 King Street West
Bregman + Hamann Architects (Design Consultant: Edward Durell Stone & Associates)
72 floors, 355 m or 1,165 ft (antenna included),
Opened in 1975