Part of:

People:

John Cresswell Parkin (archive creator)
John Cresswell Parkin (architect)
E.L. Hankinson (architect)
C. Blakeway Millar (architect)

Title:

Eaton's Store Building, Dundas Square, Toronto (1973-1977)

Date:

1973-1977

Description:

Level of archival description:
Project

Extent and medium:

Approximately 1706 drawings (including 1368 reprographic copies)
1.298 l.m. of textual records
1 book
1 mounted work of art

Scope and content:
This project series documents the design and construction of the Eaton’s store building at Dundas Square in Toronto from 1973-1977. The office identified the project number as 7303.

This project, commissioned by The T. Eaton Co. Limited, consisted of a one million square foot department store with thirteen floors, ten above ground and three below. The building boasted nine floor of retail space, seamlessly connected through elevators and escalators. The remaining floors hosted office and storage spaces. Located at the corner of Yonge and Dundas streets, the Eaton’s store was connected to the Eaton Centre mall to its south. The mall, designed and built simultaneously with the Eaton’s store, was designed by the architecture firm Craig Zeidler Strong. For the Eaton’s store project, Parkin Architects Planners created a joint venture with architect C. Blakeway Millar, referred to as Parkin Millar in the documentation. Parkin Millar was the associate architects on this project, with the Eaton’s company architect, E.L. Hankinson, working as the primary architect. Each of the firms mentioned worked closely together to develop a cohesive design for the Eaton’s store and Eaton’s Centre mall, which is evident in the materials.
The project is recorded through drawings, textual records, a book and presentation boards dating from 1973-1977. There are a large number of original drawings and sketches for the project. Most of the reprographic copies are arranged within the textual materials. There are presentation boards of the Vancouver Eaton's store in this project series that were likely used as reference by the architects. The textual records consist of correspondence, meeting minutes, site reports, change orders, consultancy records, inter-office letters, and specifications. Also in this project series is a special edition of the Eaton News, a monograph with in depth descriptions of the project.

Reference number:

AP018.S1.1973.PR03

Arrangement:
Material in this project series has been compiled from multiple accessions, then kept in its original order within each accession and/or arranged by material type.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Jennifer A.C. Parkin maintains copyright for materials from accession AR1997:0021. Permission must be sought from copyright holder before reproductions can be made.

Location:

Toronto Ontario Canada

Related units of description:

Records for related projects are also included in this fonds, see: AP018.S1.1974.PR24, Eaton's of Canada Limited Executive Offices, One Dundas Street West, Toronto