An occasional Newsletter from Preserved Stories.

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 […]

Chief Planner Jennifer Keesmaat will lead a Bike Month ride on June 23, 2013

Feeling Congested? Cycle Toronto Rides with Chief Planner Jennifer Keesmaat   Here’s the announcement on BikeEventsTO website   Date: Sunday, June 23, 2013 – 12:00 – 14:00 Join this ride as part of City of Toronto Feeling Congested? consultation process. Meet at noon at the fountain at City Hall. Address: City Hall 100 Queen Street W Toronto

June 7, 2013 update – Councillor Mark Grimes’ Office

The following June 7, 2013 message is from Councillor Grimes’ Office: Please find the full eNewsletter attached as a .pdf June 7, 2013 Humber Bay Shores Farmers Market Last Saturday, June 1st, marked the first day of the Humber Bay Shores farmers market in Humber Bay Park West. Several hundred local residents came out to […]

Wesley Mimico United Church community forum on April 8, 2013 described the church’s redevelopment plans

The most recent Wesley Mimico United Church community forum took place on April 8, 2013. The next one is on June 24, 2013. Background about the Wesley Mimico redevelopment project  – and related topics, of which there are many – can be found at the Wesley Mimico United Church Category. The April 8 report is […]

U of T vows to bill city if council quashes plans for artificial turf – May 10, 2013 Globe and Mail

Update: A June 12, 2013 Toronto Star article updates the following report. [End of update] A June 10, 2013 Globe and Mail article provides an update concerning the plan for artificial turf at the University of Toronto back campus. The opening paragraphs read: The University of Toronto is promising to send the city a bill […]