Author Archive for: Jaan Pill
Entries by Jaan Pill
Jane’s Walk: How To – Join us at 2:00 pm at the Long Branch Library, Saturday, April 18, 2015
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 […]
Mixed-income housing in Toronto and the context of cutting edge economics
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, […]
Metrolinx walked away from partnership with Mimico developer (April 10, 2015 CBC article)
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 […]
Rome in January: Travel report from David Godley of Long Branch (Toronto not New Jersey)
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 […]
Significance of the late 1880s for New Toronto and the First Nations of western Canada
In a previous post, I’ve noted that by July 1, 1895, a radial railway extended all the way from Toronto to Etobicoke Creek in what is now south Etobicoke. The arrival of the railway had a significant impact on the population growth of Long Branch, New Toronto, and Mimico. The human story of the area began about 10,000 […]
New Toronto – Then and Now – Jane’s Walk starting at 1:30 pm at Assembly Hall, Saturday, May 2, 2015
We begin at the Assembly Hall at 1 Colonel Samuel Smith Drive at the foot of Kipling Ave. at Lake Shore Blvd West. We travel along the north side of Lake Shore to Fifth Street, passing the old Goodyear Plant along the way. From there we travel north to Birmingham St., stopping at the old […]
A well-organized Sledgehammer Ceremony was staged on April 6, 2015 at the Small Arms Building in Mississauga
I’ve been writing about the Small Arms Building at 1352 Lakeshore Road East, located at the foot of Dixie Road, for some years. Occasionally it’s called the Small Arms building and at other times it’s the Small Arms Building. I’ve switched to using the second of these spellings. Either spelling works fine. I like to be […]
Versions One and Two of Janet’s great post at our portal to the history of Cartierville School
At a previous post, we’ve shared some posts from Janet regarding Cartierville School. In order to bring attention to the post, and to have both versions of her post in one place, I’ve written the post that you are now reading. After Janet had sent her first post, she sent a second one because it […]
How to avoid death by lightning – April 3, 2015 New York Times article
It’s almost never a bolt out of the blue An April 3, 2015 New York Times article is entitled: “How to Avoid Death by Lightning.” The opening paragraph reads: “For most of the last 15 years, Michael Utley has been passing out refrigerator magnets that say ‘When Thunder Roars, Go Indoors!’ If he could go […]