An occasional Newsletter from Preserved Stories.
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
What space can be used for is a question that concerns the geographical imagination, in the sense that James A. Tyner (2012) speaks of a person’s imagination. Although Tyner has, in the above-noted study, applied the concept of the geographical imagination specifically to the study of genocide, his conceptualization is equally applicable to other discussions – that […]
Updates: The following July 8, 2013 post focuses upon the Wesley Mimico redevelopment, which features a church/congregation in the role of developer of a heritage-listed property: The outcome of the Wesley Mimico redevelopment story will depend upon negotiations related to the Ontario Heritage Act Two more recent posts discuss details of the Hackworth and Gullikson […]
The Malaise of Modernity (1992) In The Malaise of Modernity (1992), Charles Taylor speaks of the cult of authenticity. A blurb for Taylor’s book at the Toronto Public Library site notes: “In Malaise of Modernity, Charles Taylor focuses on the key modern concept of self-fulfillment, often attacked as the central support of what Christopher Lasch […]