I’m pleased to share the following overview of Etobicoke-Lakeshore MPP Peter Milczyn’s Saturday, May 2, 2015 Jane’s Walk. The walk starts at 10:30 am at the Starbucks at 5251 Dundas St. West (on the south side of Dundas) near the Kipling subway station. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to join a guided tour, by Peter Milczyn, […]
Many Jane’s Walks are planned for cities around the world during the first weekend in May, in celebration of the legacy of urbanist Jane Jacobs. For more information please check out the Jane’s Walk website. The Preserved Stories website also has information, in particular about the events mentioned below. Four events that I’m pleased to highlight are […]
We have a very large number of comments so far at the following post: Remembering John W. Scott, Gok-Gee Wing, and other ’60s MCHS students who have passed away Bob Carswell, as noted in one of the comments at the above-noted post, has shared the following suggestion: Hey Jaan, Here is an idea For the […]
A crew of volunteers from Habitat for Humanity Halton-Mississauga completed the task in mid-April 2015. The non-load bearing walls at the south end of the Small Arms building in Mississauga have recently been demolished. A crew of volunteers from Habitat for Humanity Halton-Mississauga completed the task in mid-April 2015. April 10, 2015 visit to Small Arms I most recently […]
As one of the lead-ups to the May 2015 Jane’s Walks in south Etobicoke, we’re having a meeting at 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm on April 18, 2015 at the Long Branch Library. Jane’s Walk: How To The library is at 3500 Lake Shore Blvd. West in Long Branch. View it on Google Maps. View […]
I’ve posted updates (see below) to a recent post entitled: Driven from New Orleans (2012), Drug Wars (2013), On the Run (2014) The context (including cutting edge economics) as it applies to mixed-income housing policy in Toronto An April 2, 2015 Atlantic article is entitled: “The Lost Children of Katrina: A decade after the hurricane, […]
An April 10, 2015 CBC article is entitled: “First-of-its-kind condo deal has been mired in financial troubles: Metrolinx walked away from partnership with developer.” The opening paragraphs read: “Shovels are in the ground for a new west-end development that was heralded as the first condominium project to be linked to a Toronto GO station. “It […]
David Godley of Long Branch (Toronto not New Jersey) has written the following travel report. If you click on the link in the previous sentence, you will encounter many other texts that David has written. Click on the images to enlarge them; click again to enlarge them further David Godley writes: Rome in January The […]