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Towers of time : Ontario /

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Looking back (St. Catharines, Ont.)Publication details: St. Catharines, ON : Looking Back Press, c2006.Description: 128 p. : ill., map ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 1550689444
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 725/.9709713 22
LOC classification:
  • NA2930 B63 2006
Summary: From the back of the book - " Soon after Confederation, a new skyscraper began to compete for exposure with the spire, cisterns and silos in the rural skylines of Canada. The monumental federal building complete with a tower and clock emerged slowly. The chief Architect's Branch of the Department of Pubic Works ( later Public Works Canada) supervised their creation By the Second World War the trend towards towers had ended leaving behind a legacy of more than one hundred buildings in Canada West or Ontario. Using this inventory, the book documents a national trend in Towers of Time Architectural styles. "
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Item type Current library Collection Shelving location Call number Status Date due Barcode
Reference Carleton University, AVRC Richardson Collection - Non CIrculating - Call No. Accompanied by Red Dot Open-stacks NA2930 B63 2006 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Not for loan 16055001395

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