Stockholm’s urban planning continues to be a model for sustainable communities – July 20, 2016 Brampton Guardian

A July 20, 2016 Brampton Guardian article is entitled: “SWEDEN: Stockholm’s urban planning continues to be a model for sustainable communities.” The opening paragraphs read: STOCKHOLM—It is a warm spring afternoon and we are standing in the middle of Norra Djurgårdsstaden, a “sustainable neighbourhood” in Stockholm, when the spotlight is stolen by a young blonde […]

Tiffany Chu: The Designer Transforming Transit Planning Through Tech – May 17, 2016 Curbed article

A May 17, 2016 Curbed article, which I read with much interest, is entitled: “Tiffany Chu: The Designer Transforming Transit Planning Through Tech: With the creation of her program Remix, Chu changes the game for transit planners” The opening paragraphs read: Roughly two years ago, San Francisco-based designer Tiffany Chu lived through the dream scenario for […]

Inquiry from Sue Baker regarding Gordon Eckersley – 1958 Montreal Star connection: Can you help?

We have had an inquiry from Sue Baker regarding Gordon Eckersley. If you know anything about where Gordon Eckersley is these days, please contact me through this website. Sue Baker: I won’t be able to contribute to any of your stories but I hope you are able to assist me (a little selfish). In 1958, after […]

Peel paramedics issue warning after young cyclists badly injured in Mississauga crashes this weekend – July 17, 2016 Mississauga News

A July 17, 2016 Mississauga News article is entitled: “Peel paramedics issue warning after young cyclists badly injured in Mississauga crashes this weekend.” The opening paragraphs read: Two teenaged boys are in hospital with serious injuries this weekend after separate crashes in north and south Mississauga while they were riding their bicycles. The most recent […]

Options regarding Photoshop overlays depicting severance proposals related to Committee of Adjustment & OMB meetings

The first photo on the right is from a post entitled: Conserving Long Branch – July 2016 Update from David Godley The second photo is from a post entitled: How to prepare a 5-minute presentation to the Committee of Adjustment. You may note that in the first photo, the image of the front elevations representing […]

Conserving Long Branch – July 2016 Update Addendum – David Godley

A previous post is entitled: Conserving Long Branch – July 2016 Update from David Godley A July 4, 2016 email July 2016 Update Addendum from David Godley <mhairig@pathcom.com> concerns 9 Meaford Avenue. David Godley refers to an exchange of emails that, David notes, “confirms the Planning Department’s position.” “The main recommendation to defer for community consultation is […]

Conserving Long Branch – July 2016 Update from David Godley

[The following update is from David Godley. David sent it out to his email list on July 2, 2016 but I have been slow in posting it to my website. This is volunteer work and my slowness comes with the territory.] Message from David Godley: * Formal Review of Ontario Municipal Board (Links below and […]

How to read the streets of Long Branch: Urban Design Guidelines Pilot Project is now underway

Update: A more complete and highly informative  overview of the contents of the Feb. 7, 2017 Long Branch Urban Design Guidelines Draft Document  is available at the website of Ward 6 Councillor Mark Grimes. We owe thanks to Councillor Grimes for the role that he and his office have played in the initiation and development […]

Chapter 4: How to read a doctor’s office

I owe thanks to Graeme Decarie for prompting me to get started on the writing of my very own Autobiography Stories. I urge you to get started on your stories as well, if you have not yet done so. When we think of reading, we think of reading a text or a screen. I like to […]

Tale of a Town comes to Mississauga between July 11 & July 30, 2016 – Message from Mississauga Culture

Click here to access the message from Mississauga Culture > I’m really pleased that I was able to learn about this Storymobile visit through an email message today from Mississauga Culture. I subscribed a while back for such messages. I am also really pleased that in recent months, I’ve learned of several events involving Lakeview […]