The Fairmont Royal York stands at 100 Front Street West in Toronto's Financial District, across from Union Station. The Canadian Pacific Railway developed and built it, and Ross and Macdonald, with Sproatt and Rolph, were the architects. Work began in 1927 and the hotel opened in June 1929. It was known as the Royal York until 2001, when it was renamed. Earlier hotels, including the Queen's Hotel, stood on the site from 1843.
The style is Châteauesque, with Art Deco setbacks and an Edwardian-style interior. The steel frame, clad in Indiana limestone, rises 28 floors and 407 feet (124 meters), which briefly made it the tallest building in the British Empire.
It has about 1,363 rooms and suites, a concert hall with a large pipe organ, a rooftop garden and apiary, and an underground tunnel to Union Station.
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