https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vancouver_Block 265 ft (81 m) https://www.vancouverblock.org/
https://www.vancouverblock.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/history-1.jpg The lobby is the equivalent of 2 floors. Thus, the main part of the building has 14 levels. Plus 2 more window floors just below the clock. Then in-between that and the clock level is what might be a mechanical or storage floor at the 17th level. https://www.flickr.com/photos/zorro1968/7870599104/ The clock section is equivalent to 3 floors. So standing on the roof is like the 21st level.
"Burns originally envisioned a seventeen-storey structure spanning three lots, but the final design was reduced to fifteen storeys on a single 75-by-120-foot (23 by 37 m) lot." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vancouver_Block#Construction
This could have been the first building in Vancouver to have a 30th floor, but its only 15. The VMV was already in place.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vancouver_Block#Clock_tower
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercantile_National_Bank_Building (1943) 31 floors.
| Antenna spire | 159.4 m (523 ft) |
|---|---|
| Roof | 131.1 m (430 ft) |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercantile_National_Bank_Building#Expansion
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercantile_National_Bank_Building#Tower_clock
