An occasional Newsletter from Preserved Stories.
Global News featured a news item on June 17, 2013 regarding the the 100th Anniversary of the founding of New Toronto. You can access the video by clicking on the link in the previous sentence. As noted in a previous blog post, the New Toronto Historical Society is staging a 100th Anniversary Celebration on Saturday, […]
Tom Millar of Toronto (and also of Muskoka Lakes, as I recall) has shared me information about an upcoming workshop on heritage planning: UofW Heritage Planning HV Aug 2013 2 pg To access the flyer, click on the link in the previous sentence. The flyer refers to a great resource, namely the Building Stories project: […]
New Toronto Celebrates its 100th Anniversary Saturday, October 5, 1–5PM St. Margaret’s Church 156 Sixth Street, Toronto, ON More information can be found here. Details on the New Toronto Historical Society 100th anniversary tea and book launch can be found on the home page of the society, which you can access at the link in […]
Following message is from Connie Pinto of the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority: All, Please follow the link below for the invitation to the opening celebration next Saturday morning. Port Union Waterfront Park Celebration Feel free to share this invitation Best regards, Connie
The following text is from MPP Laurel Broten’s Office: Attached please find a flyer for MPP Laurel Broten’s 9th Annual Seniors’ Tea and Information Session, in recognition of Seniors’ Month. The Tea will be held on Thursday, June 20th, 2013, from 12 noon – 2:00 pm at Griggs Manor, 100 Cavell Avenue (Royal York south of Judson). Laurel looks […]
16th Annual Mimico Party in the Park Tuesday, June 18th 5:30 – 8:30 pm John English Junior Middle School 95 Mimico Ave. Raffles, Games, Slides, Crafts & Face Painting Live Entertainment, Refreshments & Food Vendors Display Booths Details can be found here and here.
Following message is from CCFEW: The final bird walk of the season will be this Saturday, June 15th 9:00am – 11:00am at Colonel Samuel Smith Park. Leader: Glenn Coady Meet in the South parking lot (where the road ends). MAP On our June walk, we will expect to see mainly summer resident species including many that breed in […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]