Toronto Sun Building
The former Toronto Sun Building, at 333 King Street East at Sherbourne (now 333-351 King Street East) was built as the home of one of Toronto's daily English language newspapers, the Toronto Sun. Built in 1975, the most notable feature of the structure was the large mural on the south side. The mural was 55 metres wide and 7.6 metres high, covering a long brick wall along King Street. It was done in 1993 for the Sun by artist John Hood to celebrate the bicentennial of the founding of York. It depicts two hundred years of historic events in the city.
In 2010, the building was sold to First Gulf. Though the Toronto Sun remains in the building as a tenant under a ten year lease, the newspaper's operations have been consolidated onto the second floor of the six floor building and the printing presses which were located along the south end of the complex have been removed. The rest of the building has been rented out to other commercial tenants[1] including several retail stores, the head office of Coca-Cola Canada and a campus of George Brown College. It will eventually be part of the King East Centre with a proposed 17 storey tower at 351 King Street East and an additional 3 storey addition to 333 King Street East, which was completed in 2013.[2]
From 1805 to 1846 the site was the location of the York Hotel. The hotel and tavern was built for John Jordan and later operated by Jane Jordan until 1846. The hotel was a 1 1/2 storey building with a laneway to stables for horses and stagecoaches at the back. The Legislature of Upper Canada sat there for one sitting in 1813 in the hotel's ballroom.
References
- ^ "Quebecor Sells Toronto Sun Building: Redevelopment Coming", Urban Toronto, February 9, 2010
- ^ "King East Centre". Urban Toronto. Retrieved July 21, 2013.