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The Sun Tower is a 17 storey Beaux-Arts building at 128 West Pender Street in Vancouver, British Columbia. It is known for its faux-patina steel dome painted to imitate copper cladding. Nine nude muses, the "nine maidens" supporting the cornice line can be seen. The terracotta for this building, including the ladies, was made in Tamworth, Staffordshire, England by Gibbs and Canning Limited. ==History== The Sun Tower was commissioned by L. D. Taylor to house his newspaper, ''The Vancouver World''. The intention was that the building would be visible throughout the ''World's'' circulation area as the tallest building in the city. ''John Coughland and Sons'' of Vancouver had 1,250 tons of steel fabricated for construction. When it was completed in 1912, it was called the World Building and was the tallest building in the British Empire at , surpassing the previous record-holder, the Dominion Building located just around the corner. For two years, it was the tallest building in Canada until Toronto's 20-story Optima Business Centre opened in 1914. In 1918, droves of Vancouverites turned out to watch as Harry Gardiner, the "Human Fly", scaled the outside of the building. When ''The Vancouver Sun'' bought the building in 1937, it was renamed. Although ''The Sun'' newspaper has long since relocated, first to South Granville then to Granville Square, the building has retained the name. The exterior of the Sun Tower is used as the Watchtower in ''Smallville''. The tower has been digitally enhanced to look taller. In certain shots, the tower is the highest building in Metropolis. Formerly 100 West Pender St, the City of Vancouver renumbered the street address of the Sun Tower to 128 West Pender in 2011 in accordance with its strict street numbering bylaw when a new building was constructed on the vacant lot at the south west corner of West Pender and Abbott Streets. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sun Tower」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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