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The Toronto Star Building at 80 King Street West in 1967. (Courtesy of the City of Toronto Archives.)

The Toronto Star Building and neighbours in 1967. (Courtesy of the City of Toronto Archives.)

The Toronto Star Building lobby in 1930, shortly after completion. (Courtesy of the City of Toronto Archives.)

The Toronto Star newsroom in December, 1930. (Courtesy of the City of Toronto Archives.)

The Toronto Star Building press room in 1945. (Courtesy of the City of Toronto Archives.)

Gas boiler at 80 King Street West in 1930. (Courtesy of the City of Toronto Archives.)

The site of the future Star Building at 80 King Street West in 1926, showing the buildings that were demolished to make way for it (all except for the leftmost three). (Courtesy of the City of Toronto Archives.)

An early Superman comic showing the Daily Star Building, which was initially based on 80 King Street West by Canadian cartoonist Joe Shuster. (Via Babblings about DC Comics.)

BUILDING INFORMATION

Name & Location:

Old Toronto Star Building
80 King Street West
Toronto
Yonge-Bay Corridor

Year Destroyed:

1971

OTHER IDENTIFICATION

Notes:

The iconic Art Deco Toronto Star building was designed by Chapman and Oxley in 1929 and demolished to make way for the construction of First Canadian Place in 1971. The Toronto Star subsequently moved to their freshly completed new headquarters in the Brutalist tower at 1 Yonge Street on Queens Quay.

Considered a lost gem by many architectural enthusiasts, the tower was Superman cartoonist Joe Shuster's initial reference for drawing the Daily Star (later Daily Planet) newspaper building where Clark Kent works. A Toronto native, Shuster had previously worked as a delivery boy for The Star. In honour of his memorialization of Toronto's cityscape, a new residential street diagonally connecting King Street West and Dufferin Street was christened Joe Shuster Way in the early 2000s.

Status:

Demolished

Map:

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Companies:

The following companies are associated with this building

Architect - Chapman & Oxley <-- More buildings by this architect.
Demolition company - Teperman Group
Elevator supplier - Otis Canada, Inc.

BUILDING DATA

Building Type:

High-rise

Current Use:

Office

Heritage Status:

No heritage status

Main Style:

Art Deco <-- More buildings in this style.

Sources:

Click to see 4 Source(s)

Daily Commercial News and Construction Record
Date - March 6, 1972
Notes - Article about demolition. Source for architect, elevator company unknown.
1100 King Street West Development – Introduction of parking regulations and intersection controls on Joe Shuster Way, Laidlaw Street and Machells Avenue (Parkdale-High Park, Ward 14)
Author - City of Toronto
Date - March 13, 2006
More information
Adventure 266 – Aquaman meets Aquagirl, and Green Arrow gets a surprise guest
Author - Babblings about DC Comics
Date - August 30, 2014
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That time when the Toronto Star was the Daily Planet
Author - Chris Bateman
Date - November 13, 2012
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