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Originally Posted by bikegypsy
The tallest building in the CDB is Place de Ville Tower C. Built by Robert Campeau, the building was originally approved by the city to be 42 stories.
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Part of City folklore is that on one of Campeau's buildings (maybe this one?) he made it taller that the original plan. He achieved this on a long weekend by paying his workers extra and getting three more floors added. It was of course noticed, but with City Hall not reopening until the following Tuesday not much could be done. And once built they were not (at least in those days) going to order him to remove those extra floors.
Pretty funny / outrageous if true.