An occasional Newsletter from Preserved Stories.
Update A June 4, 2018 CBC article is entitled: “This pastor closed his church: Graham Singh is saving a Montreal church by first closing the doors, then opening them wider than ever.” [End] In a previous post, I have summarized a paper by Hackworth and Gullikson (2013) regarding church conversions in Toronto. Below is […]
What is worth preserving? Our attitudes toward ruins and historically significant buildings and cultural landscapes have a relationship to a wider conversation about what matters. After the Second World War, destruction of heritage properties and landscapes was the norm in much of the world, a practice which in some cases continues today. Jane Jacobs among […]
Previous posts have discussed 28 Daisy Avenue. You can find them by clicking on the link at the previous sentence, or through a Google search for “28 Daisy Avenue Preserved Stories.” I especially like the information that there was a time in the 1910s and later where you could see clear to Lake Ontario from […]
[Update: Highland Creek was highlighted in a CBC Radio Metro Morning broadcast in the fall of 2013. The CBC link (see previous sentence) introduces Highland Creek as follows: Highland Creek is in the south-east corner of Scarborough bordered … It has roots in the 1800s, and it’s been described as still having that “small village” […]
The following text is from Pamela Gough’s Office (I have not included seven attached files that are part of the message): Good Morning, Please see below for more information about the summer camps available through Lakeshore Arts. Contact information and Lakeshore Arts website is included as well. Happy summer to all! Debbie July 2-5. Drama […]
Text from Pamela Gough’s Office: Sent on behalf of Trustee Pamela Gough: Please find attached the applications for SEYA Leadership Camp July 15 – 19 from 12 to 5 pm each day and SEYA / Lakeshore Collegiate Leadership Camp August 12 – 16 from 12 to 5 pm each day. (The field trip in August […]
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The following text is from Pamela Gough’s Office: Sent on behalf of Trustee Pamela Gough: Ward 3 Trustee Pamela Gough’s Canada Day Update June 28, 2013 Happy Canada Day! This will be my final newsletter for the academic year. I wish all readers a wonderful Canada Day and a safe and happy summer! Schools will […]
The article can be found here. I owe thanks to Abbe Edelson for letting me know about this editorial, which begins with the following opening line: “It may be counterintuitive, but the suggestion that both developers and residents dislike Mimico’s proposed revitalization plan may actually be good for the sleepy lakeside community.”
I found a Nov. 27, 2012 blog post by Stephanie E. Calvet of interest. I found the discussion, in Stephanie Calvet’s post, of the distinction between heritage landscape and cultural landscape of particular interest. I have, in this context, been researching back stories of relevance to the Wesley Mimico United Church redevelopment story. Deer Park […]