Tour Terminal
Encyclopedia
Tour Terminal is a skyscraper in downtown
Montreal
, Quebec
, Canada
. It is 30 stories, and 125 metres (410.1 ft) tall. Completed in 1966, it was the last phase of CN
's developments in the area, along with the Queen Elizabeth Hotel
, Central Station and the CN Building. It was built in the international
-style architecture, with a concrete and glass facade. Tour Terminal is located at 800 René-Lévesque Boulevard West opposite Place Ville-Marie
, and next to the Queen Elizabeth Hotel.
Downtown Montreal
Downtown Montreal is the central business district of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is nearly enitirely located at the southern most slope of Mount Royal and is approximately bounded by Sherbrooke Street to the north, Papineau Avenue to the east, Guy Street or until Shaughnessy Village to the west,...
Montreal
Montreal
Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
, Quebec
Quebec
Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....
, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
. It is 30 stories, and 125 metres (410.1 ft) tall. Completed in 1966, it was the last phase of CN
Canadian National Railway
The Canadian National Railway Company is a Canadian Class I railway headquartered in Montreal, Quebec. CN's slogan is "North America's Railroad"....
's developments in the area, along with the Queen Elizabeth Hotel
Queen Elizabeth Hotel
The Queen Elizabeth Hotel is a grand hotel in Montreal, Quebec. Completed in 1958, it was built by the Canadian National Railway, but was later sold to Canadian Pacific Hotels, now Fairmont Hotels and Resorts...
, Central Station and the CN Building. It was built in the international
International style (architecture)
The International style is a major architectural style that emerged in the 1920s and 1930s, the formative decades of Modern architecture. The term originated from the name of a book by Henry-Russell Hitchcock and Philip Johnson, The International Style...
-style architecture, with a concrete and glass facade. Tour Terminal is located at 800 René-Lévesque Boulevard West opposite Place Ville-Marie
Place Ville-Marie
1 Place Ville-Marie , formerly Royal Bank Tower taken from its anchor tenant, is a with 47-storey, cruciform office tower built in the International style in 1962, arguably the most distinctive building in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It was built in the 1960s as the headquarters of the Royal Bank of...
, and next to the Queen Elizabeth Hotel.