Port Union Waterfront Park Opening Celebration – June 22, 2013
Following message is from Connie Pinto of the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority: All, Please follow the link below for the invitation to the opening celebration next Saturday morning. Port Union Waterfront Park Celebration Feel free to share this invitation Best regards, Connie
MPP Laurel Broten 9th Annual Seniors’ Tea & Information Session, Thursday, June 20, 2013, 12 noon – 2:00 pm
The following text is from MPP Laurel Broten’s Office: Attached please find a flyer for MPP Laurel Broten’s 9th Annual Seniors’ Tea and Information Session, in recognition of Seniors’ Month. The Tea will be held on Thursday, June 20th, 2013, from 12 noon – 2:00 pm at Griggs Manor, 100 Cavell Avenue (Royal York south of Judson). Laurel looks […]
Party in the Park – Mimico – June 18, 2013
16th Annual Mimico Party in the Park Tuesday, June 18th 5:30 – 8:30 pm John English Junior Middle School 95 Mimico Ave. Raffles, Games, Slides, Crafts & Face Painting Live Entertainment, Refreshments & Food Vendors Display Booths Details can be found here and here.
CCFEW Bird Walk – June 15, 2013
Following message is from CCFEW: The final bird walk of the season will be this Saturday, June 15th 9:00am – 11:00am at Colonel Samuel Smith Park. Leader: Glenn Coady Meet in the South parking lot (where the road ends). MAP On our June walk, we will expect to see mainly summer resident species including many that breed in […]
Update – Designation of Ormsby/Franceschini Estate
Michael Harrison has shared the following information: The intent to designate report on the Ormsby/Franceshini Estate that was deferred from the April 2013 Etobicoke York Community Council meeting will be considered at the meeting of June 18th along with the report on the Mimico Secondary Plan. The designation item can be found here: http://app.toronto.ca/tmmis/viewAgendaItemHistory.do?item=2013.EY25.16 The […]
Ontario’s land-use planning framework gives rise to three options for the adaptive reuse of heritage places of worship
The Wesley Mimico United Church redevelopment project is predicated upon the fact that churches are not autonomous agents with regard to heritage places of worship. They are, instead, part of a regulated land-use system. Hackworth and Gullikson (2013) A recent journal article by Jason Hackworth and Erin Gullikson of the University of Toronto outlines how Ontario’s […]
Bethel Green Seniors Residence, 645 Millwood Road, Toronto is a church conversion featuring mixed form and function
In their article about church reconversions in Toronto, Jason Hackwork and Erin Gullikson (2013) describe the Bethel Green Seniors Residence as a church conversion involving mixed function and form. In such a form of church redevelopment, a building is constructed around all of part of a congregation’s initial place of worship, and a new church, or […]
Invitation – Review of Mimico Beach Secondary Plan – June 13, 2013, 7:00 pm
Following reminder is from the Lakeshore Planning Council: A meeting open to the public to review the “MIMICO BEACH SECONDARY PLAN ALTERNATIVE” Place: LAMP, 185 5th STREET, ETOBICOKE M8V 2Z5 Date: Thursday, June 13th, 2013 Time: 7 to 9 p.m. See the flyer for details: Public Meeting MIMICO BEACH Secondary Plan Alternative All are welcome. […]
June 2013 Humber Arboretum newsletter
I have attended field trips at Colonel Samuel Smith Park for Grade 4 students organized by Humber Arboretum in 2012 and 2013. I am very highly impressed with, and inspired by, the work that Humber Arboretum is doing. The field trips, in my experience, provide a tremendously valuable form of outdoor education for elementary school […]
Enjoyed giving a talk in May 2013 to a Grade 4 class at École Sir Adam Beck Junior School in Toronto
This is the second year in which I’ve spoken with a Grade 4 class at École Sir Adam Beck Junior School in Toronto. My topic on May 27, 2013, as was the case last year, was one that I’m very familiar with, having spent a lifetime addressing it. I began with a question: What is […]