The Toronto Sun Publishing Limited, Press Plant and Office Building, Detailed Layouts, Toronto (1973)
Dates of creation
circa 1973-1975
Level of archival description
Project
Extent and Medium
Approximately 18 drawings (including 12 reprographic copies)
0.03 l.m. of textual records
Scope and Content
This project series documents furnishings for the Toronto Sun building in downtown Toronto from 1973-1975. The office identified the project number as 7324.
This project consisted of the detailed planning of layouts for furnishings inside the Toronto Sun press plant and office building at 333 King Street East, which was constructed by Parkin Architects Planners beginning in the same year. The furnishings included lighting, cabinets, appliances, furniture, partitions and carpeting as well as special considerations for departments such as the photo lab, engraving, and publishing.
The project is recorded through drawings and textual records dating from around 1973-1975. The drawings consist mainly of floor plans showing detailed layouts of the building. The textual records include correspondence, conference reports, interoffice letters and the process description.
Materials in this project series have been kept in their original order and/or arranged by material type.
Location
Toronto
Ontario
Canada
Related units of description
Records for related projects are also included in this fonds, see:
AP018.S1.1973.PR12, The Toronto Sun Publishing Limited, Press Plant and Office Building, Toronto;
AP018.S1.1974.PR05, The Toronto Sun Publishing Limited, Press Plant and Office Building, Interiors, Toronto;
AP018.S1.1976.PR05, The Toronto Sun Publishing Limited, Press Plant and Office Building, Functional Planning, Toronto;
AP018.S1.1976.PR12, The Toronto Sun Publishing Limited, Press Plant and Office Building, Extension of Mezzanine Floor, Toronto;
AP018.S1.1976.PR25, The Toronto Sun Publishing Limited, Press Plant and Office Building, Alterations and Press Hall Extension, Toronto;
AP018.S1.1978.PR01, The Toronto Sun Publishing Limited, Edmonton Sun Plant Facility, Edmonton, Alberta;
AP018.S1.1978.PR10, The Toronto Sun Publishing Limited, Press Plant and Office Building, Office Addition, Toronto;
AP018.S1.1978.PR12, The Toronto Sun Publishing Limited, Press Plant and Office Building, Alteration to Existing Facilities, Toronto;
AP018.S1.1979.PR07, The Toronto Sun Publishing Limited, Press Plant and Office Building, Press Line No. 2 Addition, Toronto;
AP018.S1.1979.PR09, The Toronto Sun Publishing Limited, Press Plant and Office Building, Existing Building, Toronto;
AP018.S1.1981.PR18, The Toronto Sun Publishing Limited, Press Plant and Office Building, Alterations to Press Hall, Toronto;
AP018.S1.1982.PR05, The Toronto Sun Publishing Limited, Press Plant and Office Building, Alterations to Press Hall, D Press, Toronto.
Title: Reflected ceiling plans and floor plans for layouts and interior partitions, The Toronto Sun Publishing Limited, Press Plant and Office Building, Detailed Layouts, Toronto
Dates of creation: 1974
Form: drawings
Catalogued items within this file 0
People:
John Cresswell Parkin (archive creator)
Quantity / Object type:
1 File
Extent and Medium:
7 reprographic copies
Dimensions:
Sheet: 124 x 84 cm
Credit line:
John C. Parkin fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
Don de John C. Parkin/
Gift of John C. Parkin
Title: Floor plans, The Toronto Sun Publishing Limited, Press Plant and Office Building, Detailed Layouts, Toronto
Dates of creation: circa 1973
Form: drawings
Catalogued items within this file 0
People:
John Cresswell Parkin (archive creator)
Quantity / Object type:
1 File
Extent and Medium:
2 drawings
Dimensions:
Sheet: 106 x 84 cm
Credit line:
John C. Parkin fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
Don de John C. Parkin/
Gift of John C. Parkin
Title: Floor plans, The Toronto Sun Publishing Limited, Press Plant and Office Building, Detailed Layouts, Toronto
Dates of creation: 1974
Form: drawings
Catalogued items within this file 0
People:
John Cresswell Parkin (archive creator)
Quantity / Object type:
1 File
Extent and Medium:
3 reprographic copies with annotations
Dimensions:
Sheet: 124 x 84 cm
Credit line:
John C. Parkin fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
Don de John C. Parkin/
Gift of John C. Parkin
Title: Correspondence, conference reports and interoffice letters, The Toronto Sun Publishing Limited, Press Plant and Office Building, Detailed Layouts, Toronto
Dates of creation: 1974-1975
Form: drawings, textual records
Catalogued items within this file 0
People:
John Cresswell Parkin (archive creator)
Quantity / Object type:
1 File
Extent and Medium:
Approximately 4 drawings
0.01 l.m. of textual records
Credit line:
John C. Parkin fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
Don de John C. Parkin/
Gift of John C. Parkin
Title: Process description, conference reports and correspondence, The Toronto Sun Publishing Limited, Press Plant and Office Building, Detailed Layouts, Toronto
Dates of creation: 1974-1975
Form: drawings, textual records
Catalogued items within this file 0
People:
John Cresswell Parkin (archive creator)
Quantity / Object type:
1 File
Extent and Medium:
Approximately 2 reprographic copies
0.02 l.m. of textual records
Credit line:
John C. Parkin fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
Don de John C. Parkin/
Gift of John C. Parkin
