City Request:
City Name: Kenora
Native Name: Kenora
State/Province: Ontario
Country: Canada
Population: 15,838
Population Source & Year: Statistics Canada (
link)
Building request:
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Thunder Bay Ontario:
Official sources: none (sorry)
Unofficial sources: myself -
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Building Name: Lakehead Ironworks
Native Name: Lakehead Ironworks
Other Names: Old Ironworks Building
Address: 835 Vickers Street North
City: Thunder Bay
Postal Code: P7C4B9
State/Province: Ontario
Country: Canada
Official Building Website URL: none
Skyscrapers.com (Emporis.info) URL: none
Architect: unknown
Interesting Facts/Records (in own words):
•the top 6 floors are abandoned, and have broken windows.
•the lower 3 floors are occupied by Lakehead Ironworks.
Heights--
- antenna: none
- spire: none
- roof: Unknown - Estimate: 39metres
- top floor: Unknown
Current Building Status: Built
Construction Dates--
- started: unknown
- finished: unknown
Above ground floors: 9
Below ground floors: unknown
Floor-to-floor height: unknown
Gross Floor area: unknown
Elevator count: unknown
Unit count: unknown
Structure Type(s): high rise
Building Use(s): industrial (half vacant)
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Official sources:
http://www.thunderbay.ca/index.cfm?fuse=html&pg=791
Unofficial sources: myself -
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Building Name: Royal Edward Arms
Native Name: Royal Edward Hotel
Other Names: (The) Royal Edward; (The) Royal Eddie
Address: 114 May Street South
City: Thunder Bay
Postal Code: P7E6M4
State/Province: Ontario
Country: Canada
Official Building Website URL:
http://www.thunderbay.ca/index.cfm?fuse=html&pg=791
Skyscrapers.com (Emporis.info) URL:
http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=222349
Architect: Dorr and Dorr
Interesting Facts/Records (in own words):
•Designated as a heritage site in 1988
•Built in the Art Deco style
•The jagged detailing on the roof emphsises it's height
•Built using the slip-form method
•Known for it's luxury, guests to this building include Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II
•An extension was added in the 1960s
•Now holds low-income apartments
Heights--
- antenna: none
- spire:none
- roof: Unknown - Estimate: 30metres
- top floor: Unknown
Current Building Status: Built
Construction Dates--
- started: unknown
- finished: 1928
Above ground floors: 8
Below ground floors: unknown
Floor-to-floor height: unknown
Gross Floor area: unknown
Elevator count: unknown
Unit count: Unknown
Structure Type(s): lowrise
Building Use(s): Residential
Building style: art deco
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Official sources:
http://www.thunderbay.ca/index.cfm?fuse=html&pg=846
Unofficial sources: myself -
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Building Name: Whalen Building
Native Name: Whalen Building
Other Names: Thunder Bay Hydro Building; Hydro Building; PUC building
Address: 34 North Cumberland Street
City: Thunder Bay
Postal Code: P7A4L4
State/Province: Ontario
Country: Canada
Official Building Website URL:
http://www.thunderbay.ca/index.cfm?fuse=html&pg=846
Skyscrapers.com (Emporis.info) URL:
http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=239302
Architect: Brown & Vallance
Interesting Facts/Records (in own words):
•This was the first 'skyscraper' in the lakehead area
•Designated as a heritage site in 2004
•Built in the Neo Gothic style
•Has 12 'Lanterns' on the top of the building
•Built using re-inforced conctrete
•James Whalen was known as the man who "Brought an eight-storey building to a two-storey town"
•James Whalen was a millionaire logging tycoon
•Served as Port Arthur City Hall from 1913 to 1969, when Port Arthur and Fort William were amalgamated into Thunder Bay
•Now serves as the headquarters of Thunder Bay Hydro, and location of Thunder Bay Public Utilities Commission
•The main floor has been restored to it's 1913 appearance
•The exterior has the coats of arms of all 9 provinces in confederation in 1913, as well as cared human heads, flora and fauna, and other decorations
•Tallest building in Downtown Port Arthur proper since 1913
Heights--
- antenna: Unknown - Estimate - 50 metres to top of flag pole
- spire:none
- roof: Unknown - Estimate: 34metres
- top floor: Unknown
Current Building Status: Built
Construction Dates--
- started: unknown
- finished: 1913
Above ground floors: 8
Below ground floors: unknown
Floor-to-floor height: unknown
Gross Floor area: unknown
Elevator count: unknown
Unit count: Unknown
Structure Type(s): low rise
Building Use(s): Offices
building style: neo-gothic
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Official sources:
http://book.bestwestern.com/bestwestern/productInfo.do#null
Unofficial sources:
Building Name: Best Western Lakeside Inn and Conference Center
Other Names: Best Western Lakeside Inn
Address: 470 1st Avenue South
City: Kenora
Postal Code: P9N1W5
State/Province: Ontario
Country: Canada
Official Building Website URL:
http://book.bestwestern.com/bestwestern/productInfo.do#null
Skyscrapers.com (Emporis.info) URL:
http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=130419
Architect: unknown
Interesting Facts/Records (in own words):
•Tallest building in Northern Ontario outside of Thunder Bay
•tallest hotel in Northern Ontario
•Possibly tallest building in Northwestern Ontario for a few months when completed (not 100% sure though)
•Tallest cylindrical building in Northern Ontario
Heights--
- antenna: none
- spire:none
- roof: Unknown - Estimate: 38metres
- top floor: Unknown
Current Building Status: Built
Construction Dates--
- started: unknown
- finished: 1969
Above ground floors: 11
Below ground floors: unknown
Floor-to-floor height: unknown
Gross Floor area: unknown
Elevator count: unknown
Unit count: 94
Building type: high rise
Building Use(s): hotel
Building style: modernism
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