Sun Tower
The Sun Tower is a 17 storey Beaux-Arts building at 128 West Pender Street in Vancouver. It is known for its faux-patina steel dome painted to imitate copper cladding. Nine nude muses, the "nine maidens" supporting the cornice line can be seen. The terracotta for this building, including the ladies, was made in Tamworth, Staffordshire, England. The Sun Tower was commissioned by L. D. Taylor to house his newspaper, The Vancouver World. The intention was that the building would be visible throughout the World's circulation area as the tallest building in the city. For one year, it was the tallest building in Canada, until Toronto's 85 metre Canadian Pacific Building opened in 1913. (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada)
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