No response from Choice Properties REIT regarding sign erected between two mature trees – No Frills by Brown’s Line

A previous post is entitled: Please send a letter today to help save the trees in front of No Frills (Brown’s Line & Lake Shore) The Long Branch resident, whose email messages are highlighted at the above-noted post, has sent the following message to Choice Prperties REIT: I have had no response to a couple […]

Conserving Long Branch September 2017 Part 1 (David sent this out on Sept. 9, 2017; I am slow in posting it)

The text from David Godley will follow my preamble to this post; if you want to skip the preamble, just go forward to the heading entitled: “Conserving Long Branch September 2017 Part 1.” Preamble from Jaan Pill I have changed “Toronto Local Appeal Board,” in David Godley’s text, to “Toronto Local Appeal Body,” as the […]

Joyce Moore of North Toronto has added a comment regarding “the same destruction of neighbourhoods by developers”

A recent post is entitled: May 2017 Update from David Godley: Committee of Adjustment & related topics At that post, Joyce Moore of North Toronto has added the following comment: I have read many of the letters on your website and I believe that the same destruction of neighbourhoods by developers who are interested in […]

Check out the Lakeshore Connecting Communities upcoming meetings in Mississauga on Sept. 26 and 27, 2017

You can access details at Lakeshore Connecting Communities. Previous posts about Mississauga Click here to access previous posts about Mississauga > Commentary My anecdotal evidence suggests to me that civic engagement in Mississauga is qualitatively different from civic engagement in Toronto. At the risk of generalizing (by which I mean there may be exceptions), civic […]

Recent Toronto air traffic noise review: Details available at www.torontoairspacereview.ca

The following text is from an Eventbrite message connected with the review in question: Please be informed that the following information can be found on the Independent Toronto Airspace Noise Review website at www.TorontoAirspaceReview.ca : The Final Report The Review Presentation A video of the live presentation which took place on the 18th September, in Toronto. […]

Long Branch Alumni Association: A group connecting people who used to live in Long Branch (Toronto not New Jersey)

From time to time, people move out of Long Branch, and people move in. Each person, who moves from Long Branch, carries memories, based on her or his experiences, during a particular span of time. I have in mind the creation of an informal association of people who used to live in Long Branch. This is […]

Long Branch Neighbourhood Character Guidelines public meeting is on Sept. 26, 2017 at 6:30 pm, at the Ken Cox Community Centre

Etobicoke Guardian article regarding SvN Architects + Planners SvN Architects + Planners is involved with development of the ongoing Long Branch Urban Design Guidelines pilot project. A Sept. 19, 2017 Etobicoke Guardian article is entitled: “Firm wins Toronto design award for Six Points’ junction transformation: Pedestrians, cyclists included in expanded public realm design.” A Sept. 13, […]

Please send a letter today to help save the trees in front of No Frills (Brown’s Line & Lake Shore)

I have sent the following email to Ward 6 Councillor Mark Grimes councillor_grimes@toronto.ca and I urge you to do the same today; you can use my text as a template: Good afternoon I would like to add my voice to those residents who wish to request that the trees at No Frills (as described in […]

August 2017 DRAFT of Long Branch Neighbourhood Character Guidelines available online; Oct. 10 is deadline for comments

This draft makes for good reading; I highly recommend the reading of this document: August 2017 DRAFT Long Branch Neighbourhood Character Guidelines Background By way of background, a post regarding the PREVIOUS DRAFT [February 2017] is entitled: February 2017 draft of Long Branch (Toronto) Urban Design Guidelines document is available online Please note the Sept. […]

Long Branch Neighbourhood Character Guidelines – Sept. 26, 2017 public meeting at 6:30 pm

The following text is from a notice distributed in Long Branch by the Councillor Mark Grimes’ Office: * Long Branch Neighbourhood Character Guidelines Dear Neighbour, The City is hosting a community consultation meeting to hear from you. Details are as follows: Date: Tuesday, September 26, 2017 Time: 6;30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. Place: Ken Cox […]