Those floorplates would have been huge. It might have been tough at the centre of that building, on the lower floors. You'd be a long way from the windows, in a time when air conditioning was almost non-existent. It doesn't look like there's even provision for lightwells. But the upper floors probably would have been fantastic - especially if the same level of care regarding beautiful workmanship and materials was applied as at the base. Observation decks, a restaurant....! I think the lantern would have been around the height of I.M. Pei's Commerce Court?
It seems to me that there were some kind of by-laws in place for new skyscrapers, at least in New York around this time, that there was a maximum distance an office worker could be from a window. It was applied regarding the construction of Rockerfeller Center and The Empire State Building.
I'd still have loved to seen a tall deco tower at this locale. Apparently as it was clear the central tower was becoming less likely to be built (and it wouldn't be too visible to people at the base), there was talk of moving it toward the corner of College and Yonge to increase it's viability and impact. That might have been interesting.
What gets me about the old aerial photographs is how incredibly depressed and ramshackle the area around the Eaton's building looks.
Sorry about the blurry photo:
Actually, I just accidentally stumbled across this proposal at TOBuilt, which I have never seen or heard of before:
http://www.tobuilt.ca/php/tobuildings_more.php?search_fd3=9218
Has anyone else seen or heard of this?