Canadian Bank of Commerce
Once dominating the Toronto skyline, the Canadian Bank of Commerce building was the tallest building in the British Commonwealth for three decades. Rising to 34 storeys, it was designed by the Toronto firm of Darling and Pearson in partnership with New York bank architects York and Sawyer. Plans for the building began in 1927 and the design reflects a glamorous period in the financial industry. Escalating in tiers, the building features carved Romanesque Revival details and a vaulted banking hall. The interruption in development caused by the economic depression of the 1930s and the Second World War secured the building's prominence as the tallest in the Commonwealth until 1962.
Plaque via Alan L. Brown's site Toronto Plaques. Full page here.