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Originally Posted by Andy6
Somerset wasn't originally 9 floors (6, I think) so there should be another date in there. Eaton's went from 5 to 8 floors one at a time - I've never quite figured out when but they seem to have been finished around 1909 or 1910. Cityplace is really two buildings that were made to look like one quite a bit later.
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Do you know what year the Somerset Building was increased to 9 floors? I was trying to find old photos of Winnipeg which would have a 6-ish floor Somerset Building but all I could find were ones of it at its 9 floor height.
I wish Cityplace was still two separate buildings, it would make that building a bit more interesting (why, I don't know) in my opinion. The western building was built in 1916, and was originally 8 floors I believe and stood about 46 metres tall (so maybe was a "historic skyscraper"), and the second, larger 9 floor eastern building was completed in 1921. The 8 floor building was increased to 9 floors shortly after the second building was completed.