Entries by Jaan Pill

IBM’s hilltop fortress: Built Heritage News – Issue No. 256 | January 31, 2017 (click here)

Click here to access Built Heritage News – Issue No. 256 | January 31, 2017 > Here are some excerpts [to access the active links (below), go to the above-noted link]: 1. Follow Built Heritage News on Twitter and Facebook Catherine Nasmith writes: Subscribers may notice that Built Heritage News has been published less frequently, but […]

Advisory Group for Long Branch Urban Design Guidelines had a productive meeting on Feb. 7, 2017

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 […]

Elements of storytelling include (4) focus on the backstage, (5) reinhabitation of places through narrative, and (6) open-endedness

1. Getting attention 2. Playing the role 3. Collaboration A previous post is entitled: Storytelling: Getting attention; playing the role; collaboration The above-noted post provides an overview of the three above-noted elements. In a comment at the post, I’ve referred, as well, to a fourth element, which has to do with the distinction between frontstage and […]

First meeting of Toronto Local Appeal Body – Feb. 10, 2017 in Scarborough

Lakeshore Planning Council has passed along the following message: The first meeting of the TORONTO LOCAL APPEAL BODY Agenda – Orientation on the Operations of the LAB NOTICE OF MEETINGS – TORONTO LOCAL APPEAL BODY Toronto Local Appeal Body meeting has been called for: Friday, February 10th, 2017 commencing at 9:00 am in Committee Room […]

Through A Lens, Brightly – Ecology (of Col. Samuel Smith Park) photo exhibit – Humber College Lakeshore Campus, until April 29 2017

I was very impressed with the recent Grand Openings of three new buildings at Humber College: Humber College Lakeshore Campus Grand Openings took place on Jan. 26, 2017 Humber College is featuring two exhibits. I’ve discussed the first exhibit at a post entitled: Behind the Bricks: Recovering the Stories (oral histories) of the Lakeshore Psychiatric […]

Behind the Bricks: Recovering the Stories (oral histories) of the Lakeshore Psychiatric Hospital – Humber College until May 31, 2017

I was very impressed with the Grand Openings of three new buildings at Humber College: Humber College Lakeshore Campus Grand Openings took place on Jan. 26, 2017 Click here for a quick overview and short video about the new buildings > The Lakeshore Grounds Interpretive Centre at Humber College is now open to the community […]