Part of:

People:

John Cresswell Parkin (archive creator)

Title:

The Toronto Sun Publishing Limited, Press Plant and Office Building, Toronto (1973-1975)

Date:

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.

Reference number:

AP018.S1.1973.PR12

Arrangement:
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.