Archive for category: Commentary

Are there cultural differences, in how Mississauga and Toronto go about dealing with land use planning processes?

January 11, 2022/0 Comments/in Commentary, Committee of Adjustment, Toronto Local Appeal Body, Local Planning Appeals Tribunal, Long Branch, Long Branch Character Guidelines, Long Branch Neighbourhood Association, Mississauga, Newsletter, Toronto /by Jaan Pill

Comments from residents and developers regarding draft of new City of Toronto laneway housing bylaw: Part 3

January 2, 2022/5 Comments/in Commentary, Long Branch, Newsletter, Toronto /by Jaan Pill

A Dec. 22, 2021 CBC article is entitled: “Hidden behind buildings, the last of Mimico’s opulent lakefront estates is still standing: Myrtle Villa was owned by businessman James Franceschini from 1925 to 1950”

December 26, 2021/2 Comments/in Commentary, Committee of Adjustment, Toronto Local Appeal Body, Local Planning Appeals Tribunal, Language usage, Long Branch, Long Branch Neighbourhood Association, Mississauga, Newsletter, Toronto /by Jaan Pill

What would you tell your younger self of thirty years ago?

November 7, 2021/0 Comments/in Commentary, MCHS Stories, Newsletter /by Jaan Pill

Hayden Bulbrook outlines the history of heritage houses (now under threat of demolition) along Stratford, Ontario heritage corridor

November 6, 2021/0 Comments/in Commentary, Newsletter, Stratford /by Jaan Pill

Update from SORE (Save Our Rand Estate) regarding appeals related to Ontario Heritage Act in Niagara on the Lake; also: Rand subdivision concept announced by SORE

November 3, 2021/0 Comments/in Commentary, Newsletter, Southwestern Ontario /by Jaan Pill

There are a lot of things in Stratford that have changed and a lot of them probably needed to be changed, but the 380-396 Ontario Street proposal is not one of them

November 2, 2021/0 Comments/in Commentary, Committee of Adjustment, Toronto Local Appeal Body, Local Planning Appeals Tribunal, Newsletter, Southwestern Ontario, Stratford /by Jaan Pill