The Toronto Sun Publishing Limited, Press Plant and Office Building, Toronto (1973-1975)
Dates of creation
1972-1976
Level of archival description
Project
Extent and Medium
Approximately 285 drawings (including 268 reprographic copies)
10 photographic materials
1.05 l.m. of textual records
1 mounted work of art
Scope and Content
This project series documents the design and construction of the Toronto Sun building in downtown Toronto from 1973-1975. The office identified the project number as 7312.
This project consisted of a 97,000 square foot office building and press plant at 333 King Street East, spanning to Front, Ontario, and Berkley Streets. The design included spaces for administrative, editorial and publishing offices as well as a press hall, platemaking area, photo studio, mail room, roll storage and composing area. The printing and publishing side of the structure was designed to accomodate for further expansion, which occurred in the decade following its original construction. The total cost of the project was $3.7 million.
The project is recorded through drawings, photographs, textual records, and a project painting dating from 1972-1976. The drawings consist largely of reprographic copies of floor plans, elevations, landscaping, details and site plans, but some sketches are included. There are also presentation boards of floor plans and the design and construction schedule. The photographs show printing presses and press buildings. The textual records include correspondence, conference reports, interoffice letters, consultancy records, specifications, site reports, building and zoning records, financial records, tender documents, change orders, contract data, deficiency lists and supplementary instructions. Box AP018.S1.1973.PR12.007 contains an index to the textual records, which was created by the office.
Materials in this project series have been kept in their original order and/or arranged by material type. Some materials were arranged to reflect the original classification created by the office.
Location
Toronto
Ontario
Canada
Related units of description
File AP018.S1.1982.PR07.004 (folder 07) in this fonds also contains photo negatives for this project.
File AP018.S1.1973.PR12.003 in this project series also contains drawings from the project series AP018.S1.1976.PR05, also described in this fonds.
Records for related projects are also included in this fonds, see:
AP018.S1.1973.PR24, The Toronto Sun Publishing Limited, Press Plant and Office Building, Detailed Layouts, 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: Interior partition floor plans, The Toronto Sun Publishing Limited, Press Plant and Office Building, Toronto
Dates of creation: 1975
Form: drawings
Catalogued items within this file 0
People:
John Cresswell Parkin (archive creator)
Quantity / Object type:
1 File
Extent and Medium:
2 reprographic copies
Dimensions:
Sheet: 125 x 85 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 and elevations, The Toronto Sun Publishing Limited, Press Plant and Office Building, Toronto
Dates of creation: 1973-1975
Form: drawings
Catalogued items within this file 0
People:
John Cresswell Parkin (archive creator)
Quantity / Object type:
1 File
Extent and Medium:
8 reprographic copes
Dimensions:
Sheet: 125 x 85 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: Sketch plans, elevations, details, landscaping and exterior perspectives, The Toronto Sun Publishing Limited, Press Plant and Office Building, 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:
17 drawings
Dimensions:
Sheet (smallest): 41 x 21 cm
Sheet (largest): 84 x 55 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, sections, layouts and site plans, The Toronto Sun Publishing Limited, Press Plant and Office Building, Toronto
Dates of creation: 1974-1976
Form: drawings
Catalogued items within this file 0
People:
John Cresswell Parkin (archive creator)
Quantity / Object type:
1 File
Extent and Medium:
18 reprographic copies
Dimensions:
Sheet: 125 x 85 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: Revised landscaping proposal, The Toronto Sun Publishing Limited, Press Plant and Office Building, Toronto
Dates of creation: 1975
Form: drawings
Catalogued items within this file 0
People:
John Cresswell Parkin (archive creator)
Quantity / Object type:
1 File
Extent and Medium:
1 reprographic copy
Dimensions:
Sheet: 71 x 54 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: Elevations, The Toronto Sun Publishing Limited, Press Plant and Office Building, Toronto
Dates of creation: 1976
Form: drawings
Catalogued items within this file 0
People:
John Cresswell Parkin (archive creator)
Quantity / Object type:
1 File
Extent and Medium:
1 reprographic copy
Dimensions:
Sheet: 125 x 85 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: Project documentation, The Toronto Sun Publishing Limited, Press Plant and Office Building, Toronto
Dates of creation: 1973
Form: drawings, textual records
Catalogued items within this file 0
People:
John Cresswell Parkin (archive creator)
Description:
This is a box containing correspondence, conference reports, interoffice letters, consultancy records and contractor specifications.
Quantity / Object type:
1 File
Extent and Medium:
Approximately 11 reprographic copies
0.324 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: Project documentation, The Toronto Sun Publishing Limited, Press Plant and Office Building, Toronto
Dates of creation: 1974-1976
Form: drawings, textual records
Catalogued items within this file 0
People:
John Cresswell Parkin (archive creator)
Description:
This is a box containing contractor specifications with shop drawings, site reports, building and zoning records, cost estimates, tender documents, inspection reports and change orders.
Quantity / Object type:
1 File
Extent and Medium:
Approximately 50 reprographic copies
0.32 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: Box of change orders, supplementary instructions and certificates of payment, The Toronto Sun Publishing Limited, Press Plant and Office Building, Toronto
Dates of creation: 1974-1975
Form: textual records
Catalogued items within this file 0
People:
John Cresswell Parkin (archive creator)
Quantity / Object type:
1 File
Extent and Medium:
0.325 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: Project documentation, The Toronto Sun Publishing Limited, Press Plant and Office Building, Toronto
Dates of creation: 1973-1975
Form: drawings, textual records
Catalogued items within this file 0
People:
John Cresswell Parkin (archive creator)
Description:
This is a box containing contract data, contractor records, meeting reports, job site reports, deficiency lists, specifications and detail drawings.
Quantity / Object type:
1 File
Extent and Medium:
Approximately 156 reprographic copies
0.074 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: Toronto Sun printing presses correspondence, The Toronto Sun Publishing Limited, Press Plant and Office Building, Toronto
Dates of creation: 1973
Form: drawings, textual records, photographs
Catalogued items within this file 0
People:
John Cresswell Parkin (archive creator)
Quantity / Object type:
1 File
Extent and Medium:
10 photographs
2 reprographic copies
0.005 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: Business information report, The Toronto Sun Publishing Limited, Press Plant and Office Building, Toronto
Dates of creation: 1972
Form: textual records
Catalogued items within this file 0
People:
John Cresswell Parkin (archive creator)
Quantity / Object type:
1 File
Extent and Medium:
0.001 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: Research, The Toronto Sun Publishing Limited, Press Plant and Office Building, Toronto
Dates of creation: circa 1973
Form: textual records
Catalogued items within this file 0
People:
John Cresswell Parkin (archive creator)
Quantity / Object type:
1 File
Extent and Medium:
0.001 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: Plans, sections and elevations, The Toronto Sun Publishing Limited, Press Plant and Office Building, 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:
16 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: Presentation board of project painting by Dawson, The Toronto Sun Publishing Limited, Press Plant and Office Building, Toronto
Dates of creation: circa 1973
Form: works of art
Catalogued items within this file 0
People:
John Cresswell Parkin (archive creator)
Quantity / Object type:
1 File
Extent and Medium:
1 mounted work of art
Dimensions:
Sheet: 82 x 62 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: Presentation boards of floor plans, The Toronto Sun Publishing Limited, Press Plant and Office Building, 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 mounted reprographic copies
Dimensions:
Sheet:102 x 77 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: Presentation board of design and construction schedule, The Toronto Sun Publishing Limited, Press Plant and Office Building, 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:
1 mounted reprographic copy
Dimensions:
Sheet:102 x 77 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
