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This project series documents the design and construction of an office building and planning for additional projects in North York, Ontario from 1976-1983. The office identified the project number as 7626. The project consisted of a ten storey office building located at 1500 Don Mills Road with approximately 250,000 square feet of space. Owned and commissioned by Marathon Realty, the majority of the building's space was designed for rental. The ground floor of the building was to host retail spaces and a connection to local transit. The project was divided into two phases. Phase I was the construction of this office building and Phase II was the construction of an additional office building and a parking structure on the same property. Under this project number, only Phase I was realized, with the additional buildings receiving their own project numbers from the office later on. The project is recorded through drawings, construction progress photographs, textual records and a mounted work of art dating from 1974-1983. The textual records include correspondence, site reports, tests and inspections, meeting minutes and reports, specifications, tenders documents, detail planning records, change orders, supplementary instructions and financial records. Also included is an article written by John C. Parkin for Canadian Architect on the development of the property, which previously hosted his own offices until their demolition before the start of this project (see box AP018.S1.1976.PR19.025). Box AP018.S1.1976.PR19.025 contains an index to the textual records, which was created by the office.

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This is a box of correspondence on possible benefactors, a museum location report, documentation on the opening of Stage I, project summaries and proposals, press kit materials, correspondence with Henry Moore, meeting minutes, design notes and calculations for Areas B and C, correspondence and reports on Phase 3, and drawings of graphics and signs for the gallery. It should be noted that these materials span the scope of multiple Art Gallery of Ontario projects completed by Parkin Architects Planners. They have been left together here to reflect their original order and context.

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This project series documents the Simpson's store at Yorkdale Shopping Centre in North York, Ontario from 1959-1964. The office identified the project number as 5912. This project consisted of a 285,000 square foot store, largely clad in precast concrete, that included merchandising, stock, mall, and shipping areas, a coffee shop, a restaurant, and an enclosed court. See-through glass made up most of the ground level exterior, in order to entice shoppers to enter the store. There was also an enclosed court with a fountain, tropical foliage and a helicoidal staircase. The project is recorded through a mounted presentation photograph dating from around 1964, which shows the enclosed court.

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This project series documents Huntington University in Sudbury, Ontario in 1962. The office identified the project number as 6249. The project consisted of a rectangular, pavillion style building with concrete exteriors and large columns lining the first storey. This was the sole building for the small university and included student housing, lounges, a library, a chapel, classrooms and seminar rooms. The project is recorded through a mounted photograph of the finished building dating from around 1962.

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This project series documents the Applications Research Building "R" for Millhaven Fibres Limited in Millhaven, Ontario from 1964-1966. The office identified the project number as 6434. The project consisted of a 21,000 square foot brown brick building with laboratories fibre spinning, warping, slashing and weaving, as well as offices. The building sits on the same property as the company's manufacturing plant, overlooking Lake Ontario. The project is recorded through a mounted photograph of one of the building's laboratories dating from around 1966.

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This project series documents the Donwood Foundations Hospital and Rehabilitation Centre in North York, Ontario from 1964-1966. The office identified the project number as 6418. This project consisted of a four level building, with brick and steel fascia exteriors, that served as an alcohol and addiction treatment hospital. Surrounded by wooded landscapes and overlooking the Don River and ravine, the L-shaped building was 42,000 square feet in size. The building's interiors were designed to exude warmth, friendship and inclusion through the use of warm wood finishes and colourful carpeting and upholstery. The hospital included 49 patient beds, an auditorium, a lounge with balcony, and therapy rooms. The project is recorded through a presentation board of an exterior photograph and reprographic copies of drawings dating from 1966. The drawings consist of construction plans, elevations, sections, details, layouts, and structural, mechanical and electrical drawings.