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Glenn Turner will speak about “The Toronto Carrying Place Trail” – Weston Historical Society – Oct. 7, 2015, 7:30 pm, 2245 Lawrence Ave. West

October 3, 2015/0 Comments/in Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan Pill

The following information has been forwarded to me and I am pleased to share it: Barbara Spyropoulos CPLC 12 Division Toronto Police Service 200 Trethewey Drive Toronto ON M6M 5E6 Tel: (416) 808-1068 Fax: (416) 808-1002 spyro12d@gmail.com ———- Forwarded message ———- From: Edith George <researcher1@sympatico.ca> Date: 3 October 2015 at 15:57 Subject: Fwd: Weston Historical […]

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Michael Mizzi, a senior planning manager at the City of Toronto, was guest speaker at Long Branch Neighbourhood Association AGM, Nov. 18, 2020 – TRANSCRIPT

December 11, 2020/0 Comments/in Committee of Adjustment, Toronto Local Appeal Body, Local Planning Appeals Tribunal, Language usage, Long Branch, Long Branch Character Guidelines, Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan Pill

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Michael Mizzi, a senior planning manager at City of Toronto, spoke about “missing middle” at Nov. 18, 2020 Long Branch Neighbourhood Association AGM

December 11, 2020/0 Comments/in Committee of Adjustment, Toronto Local Appeal Body, Local Planning Appeals Tribunal, Language usage, Long Branch, Long Branch Neighbourhood Association, Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan Pill

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Highland Creek was a centre of commerce in the early history of Scarborough

July 1, 2013/0 Comments/in Jane's Walk, Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan Pill

[Update: Highland Creek was highlighted in a CBC Radio Metro Morning broadcast in the fall of 2013. The CBC link (see previous sentence) introduces Highland Creek as follows: Highland Creek is in the south-east corner of Scarborough bordered … It has roots in the 1800s, and it’s been described as still having that “small village” […]

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Asbury and West United Church 1958 sanctuary was designated following a July 2010 city planning division report

April 17, 2013/1 Comment/in Jane's Walk, Toronto/by Jaan Pill

The story of the Asbury and West United Church redevelopment appears very straightforward to me. I can readily follow the story because I lived on Saranac Blvd. from 1983 until 1991 and know the area well. The church is at the southwest corner of Saranac Blvd. and Bathurst Street. A Google Map of the area […]

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What features of neighbourhoods are worth preserving?

February 17, 2013/0 Comments/in Jane's Walk, Long Branch, Newsletter/by Jaan Pill

Updates: The Global Cities at Risk website is focused upon a topic addressed in this blog post. A July 30, 2013 Atlantic Cities article notes that rising sea levels could submerge substantial parts of 1,700 U.S. Cities. An August 20, 2013 Globe and Mail article highlights the predicted effects of rising sea levels as does […]

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I look at laneway housing, a broad topic with many facets, from a more general, abstract perspective than was the case when, in 2010, in connection with the former Parkview School in Long Branch, I first became interested in land use decision making

December 31, 2021/1 Comment/in Long Branch, Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan Pill

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Toronto and Montreal wiped out their farmsteads

May 22, 2016/2 Comments/in Jane's Walk, Long Branch, Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan Pill

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Re: Long Branch representation with regard to mediation in relation to Committee of Adjustment applications

November 5, 2015/0 Comments/in Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan Pill

David Godley had sent out some message earlier, by way of an email message to people with an interest in these topics; some background material – I’m guessing it was from CORRA – was missing; here it is (I have broken longer paragraphs into shorter ones, for ease of online reading). I want to mention […]

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Bob Carswell has shared more information about the Saraguay of years ago

July 16, 2015/0 Comments/in MCHS Stories, Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan Pill

At a post from November 28, 2014, entitled Q & A with Graeme Decarie regarding the history of Cartierville and Ville St. Laurent, Bob Carswell has added the following post. It’s been wonderful, as a person who grew up on Lavigne Street in Cartierville, to be learning so much about Saraguay that I would not have known, had […]

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