Part of:

People:

John Cresswell Parkin (archive creator)

Title:

The Toronto Sun Publishing Limited, Press Plant and Office Building, Detailed Layouts, Toronto (1973)

Date:

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.

Reference number:

AP018.S1.1973.PR24

Arrangement:
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.