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La Tour de la Bourse (Stock Exchange Tower) is Montreal 's third-tallest building, an International Style Skyscraper by Luigi Moretti and Pier Luigi Nervi . Built in 1964 , this 190-metre (623ft), 47-story building was the world's tallest Reinforced Concrete tower until the completion of Lake Point Tower in Chicago in 1968 , and the tallest building in Canada until the completion of Toronto's Toronto-Dominion Centre in 1967 . It is now the 13th-tallest building in Canada. It is located at 800 Place Victoria (), and is connected by the Underground City to Square-Victoria metro station. The building's anchor tenant is still the Montreal Exchange on floors 3 and 4. The original project, conceived during the Expo -era economic boom, called for three identical towers arrayed in a triangle. It was scaled back to a single tower, which today forms one half of the ''Place Victoria'' complex, along with the Hôtel Delta Centre-Ville. Following the improvement and restoration of Square Victoria to its original configuration in 2002, Place Victoria is now a centrepiece of the new Quartier International downtown area. The tower itself is considered by many to be a masterpiece of the International style of skyscraper design. Its façade, fully renovated in 1995, features a Bronze -tinted Anodized Aluminium Curtain Wall , forming a strong contrast with the slightly slanted Pre-cast Concrete columns at the four corners, giving the whole a subtly convex aspect. It is divided into three roughly equal blocks by Mechanical Floor s whose corners are recessed in an Octagon al shape, creating small open-air interstices behind the columns at these levels. One couple of Peregrine Falcon s has been nesting inside the 32nd floor recess since 1984. The building is Managed by Magil Laurentian Realty Corporation . In August 2004 Jolina Capital, owned by Lino Saputo who is also head of foodmaker Saputo Foods , acquired a majority stake in the building. Property management is still handled by Magil Laurentian, who retains a minority stake. EVENTS On February 13 , 1969 the Terrorist Front De Libération Du Québec set off a bomb at the Stock Exchange, seriously injuring twenty-seven people. On April 7 , 2005 around 150 students occupied the ground floor of the building to block access to the elevators, as part of a strategy of economic disruption during the 2005 Quebec Student Strike . They were scattered by Riot Police two hours later; one arrest was made. SEE ALSO EXTERNAL LINKS |
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