Over the next several months, I will be cutting back on blog posts related to Long Branch and nearby neighbourhoods. I mention this now, by way of a heads-up, for regular visitors to this website. I will be working, with as few distractions as possible, on a book about Long Branch history. It will be […]
Click here to access the Keys to Our Past videos on YouTube > Back story The six videos (wit accompanying transcripts), and the trailer, can be viewed at the above-noted YouTube link. A previous post, which shares my review of this first-rate, highly informative film series, is entitled: Well-received, well-attended Mental Health Film Series Premiere at […]
I much enjoyed the “Keys to Our Past” Mental Health Film Series Premiere that took place at the “G” Building at Humber College Lakeshore on the evening of Oct. 4, 2017. I’ve outlined what the series is about at a previous post: Lakeshore Grounds Interpretive Centre presenting Mental Health Series Film Premiere, Wed., Oct. 4, […]
Please note it’s the Toronto Local Appeal Body; many of us are used to calling it the Toronto Local Appeal Board, as that is the word that most easily rolls off the tongue, and has one less syllable in it. Calling it the “Board” would make more sense that calling it the “Body,” but in this case (as in some other […]
A tweet from Dr Adam Rutherford – that is, @AdamRutherford – reads: Here’s an extract from the new US chapter, on the Americas, dodgy DNA tests, and scientific racism, in @TheAtlantic [End] The Oct. 3, 2017 Atlantic article, referenced in the tweet, is entitled: “A New History of the First Peoples in the Americas: The miracle of modern […]
The August 2017 Long Branch Guidelines draft is at: August 2017 DRAFT Long Branch Neighbourhood Character Guidelines Background By way of background, a post regarding the PREVIOUS DRAFT [February 2017] is entitled: February 2017 draft of Long Branch (Toronto) Urban Design Guidelines document is available online A Sept. 26, 2017 public meeting was held regarding […]
A previous post is entitled: Please send a letter today to help save the trees in front of No Frills (Brown’s Line & Lake Shore) The Long Branch resident, whose email messages are highlighted at the above-noted post, has sent the following message to Choice Prperties REIT: I have had no response to a couple […]