The heritage priorities of the Toronto Mayoral candidates – Oct. 11, 2018 issue of Toronto Heritage e-News
/0 Comments/in Long Branch, Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillClick here to access the Oct. 11, 2018 edition of the Heritage Toronto e-News > I’m very highly impressed with the work of Heritage Toronto and Heritage Mississauga. I’m really pleased that the e-mail version of the Toronto Heritage newsletter has a key message at the top: “Having trouble viewing this email? Click here to […]
John Lancaster is a first-rate CBC journalist
/0 Comments/in Long Branch, Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillI have been following John Lancaster’s news reports for many years. I also follow him on Twitter. We are most fortunate that CBC has the resources in place, to enable a journalist of John Lancaster’s calibre to go about his work, day after day, year after year. His work is of tremendous benefit, in a […]
I became a supporter of Pamela Gough in 2011, when she played a key role in ensuring that Parkview School, near the Long Branch Go station, stayed in public hands
/0 Comments/in Long Branch, Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillI became a supporter of Pamela Gough in 2011, when she played a key role in ensuring that Parkview School, at 85 Forty First St. near the Long Branch Go station, stayed in public hands. In any such successful community self-organizing project, many people usually play a key role. That is the nature of such […]
Enthusiasm for local history is not enough, by itself, to preserve and repurpose heritage buildings
/2 Comments/in Long Branch, Mississauga, Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillA recent rental was a four-level cottage along a steep, heavily forested hillside at a lakeside in Ontario
/0 Comments/in Long Branch, Newsletter/by Jaan PillNoteworthy photo from Taste of the Kingsway, Sept. 8, 2018
/0 Comments/in Long Branch, Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillWe have sold our house in Long Branch and are enjoying a nomadic lifestyle, most recently travelling to Amsterdam, Stockholm, and Tallinn and currently enjoying cottage country near Peterborough. I remain active in documenting life in south Etobicoke and am pleased to share with you a photo that a Long Branch resident (whose help in […]
After intensive, two-stage letter writing campaign in 2011, former Parkview School site in Long Branch remains in public hands
/0 Comments/in Long Branch, Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillA local resident seeks photos of the original Long Branch Public and Continuation School that once faced Lake Shore Blvd. West
/3 Comments/in Long Branch, Mississauga, Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillThe following message is from a south Etobicoke resident named Stephen; if you can help him in his photo-search, please let us know!: I am a lover of history and have grown up in the area of Mimico and have family ties to Long Branch. I love this history that you share here. I currently work at […]