Down in that busy little corner of Vancouver where new condo towers are going up at the International Village and Spectrum sites, and where Beatty Street seems to be coming alive with several heritage building renovations, is one of Vancouver's most recognizable buildings - the Sun Tower.
Vancouverites might be interested to know that it was originally called the World Tower, as it had been built by Louis Denison Taylor, publisher of the World newspaper, and Vancouver's longest serving mayor.
Apparently the building's nine barebreasted maidens caused quite the scandal when it was first unveiled to the public in 1912.
In 1924, the Vancouver Sun bought the struggling World, but did not move into the World Building until 1937, when the Sun's offices burned down. At that point, the building was renamed the Sun Tower - a name that it has retained ever since, despite the fact that the Vancouver Sun has since moved on to another building itself.
For more information on the Sun Tower and additional pictures, link here to Vancouverhistory.ca's website. Wikipedia has a brief entry on the Sun Tower as well - link here.
