Hello Councillor Grimes, I am inquiring if all remaining trees standing today between Park Lawn Rd/MarineParade Dr and Bookers Lane on the south side of Lake Shore Blvd will be cut down! Have any provisions or steps been taken to save any of these older growth trees or are they to be replaced by 6 foot […]
Update A July 7, 2016 post is entitled: On July 12, 2016 Toronto City Council Agenda: Investigation Report Regarding Conduct of Ward 6 Councillor Mark Grimes [End of update] Peter Riedel, whose photo of The Beach Motel is posted on this page, has asked if I know if The Beach Motel sign was saved […]
The Mimico Residents Association (MRA) has released a report of based on its Mimico 20/20 survey from November 2012: Download the PDF Survey Report here. The MRA has provided the following summary: The majority (64.7%) of respondents disagree to strongly disagree that height of 16-25 storeys is appropriate for the locations indicated in the Plan. […]
Re-purpose, renew, add In this blog post, I will share information from a Nov. 20, 2012 community forum concerned with redevelopment of the Wesley Mimico United Church. A more recent blog post provides a further update. Some attendees at the Nov. 20, 2012 meeting are members of the congregation; some work with groups now using […]
As you may know the City of Toronto website features demographic profiles for neighbourhoods across Toronto. The profile for Long Branch can be found here. Here’s the 2011 Long Branch social profile for age and gender. Here’s the corresponding 2011 city-wide profile for age and gender. Below is a list of other data that can […]
Previous blog posts at the Preserved Stories website have addressed social history in the context of deindustrialization and documentary making. I’ve also shared highlights from studies addressing history and social theory in the context of postmodernity and a return to narration. As well, I’ve shared information related to military history and the relation between instrumental reason and modernity. The […]
I admire efforts by cyclists to get more people on bikes. David Juliusson has shared a photo and a story related to the recent Mimico 20/20 meeting: He comments that a Mimico 20/20 meeting was held on Dec. 6, 2012 at the Mimico Adult Centre which is a Toronto District School Board facility also used […]
Updates When I say that perception is reality does not apply in the case of climate change I’m saying that reality in this case obtrudes – as contested to many other situations in life, where evidence and facts can readily be ignored in favour of varied preferred ways of seeing things. A book that comes […]
Following message is from Mary Bella of Mimico Dear Mimico Friends and Neighbours, Please find below a poster for the First Annual Community Carol Concert next Sunday December 16th. There’s lots of space, so we’d like to fill it up by inviting lots of neighbours, friends and family to this event and making this […]
Malcolm Archer has sent an e-mail stressing the importance of having a good turn-out at the OMB hearing that’s being held to determine the future of 168 Lake Promenade. He writes: Even if you are not planning to speak at the hearing, your presence will reinforce our stand against the severing of this lot and […]