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This is the Sunlife Building in Montreal, an architectural behemoth whose appearance I happen to like notwithstanding. Built in 1914 it was given the privilege of storing, or more accurately hiding, in a sub-sub-basement the crown jewels of Great Britain during World War II. Behind it stands the more modern cruciform building, Place Ville Marie by the architect I. M. Pei. My home town.