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| Skyscrapers since 1888
The entire history of Montréal skyscrapers is laid out around the place.  |
1888. The New York Life building, with its eight storeys served by an elevator and its clock tower, was Montréal's first skyscraper.
It deserves a closer look, if only to admire the skill of sculptor Henry Beaumont.
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1911 and 1912. The Royal Trust and Duluth buildings represented a new generation of skyscrapers in Montréal. Thanks to its steel structure, the Duluth building reached the dizzying height of ten floors, the limit under Montréal by-laws until the 1920s. The stone-clad building recalls the three sections of a classical column, just like the Royal Trust building, with its base, shaft (repetitive intermediate floors) and capital. |
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1929. The Aldred building, with its setbacks designed to ensure natural lighting for the streets below, is an eloquent example of the Art Deco style. The setbacks were required under a new Montréal by-law, inspired by a similar requirement in New York. 1967. The Banque canadienne nationale tower (today the National Bank of Canada) introduced the international post-war style; it is almost the sole example of the style in Old Montréal. |
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