An occasional Newsletter from Preserved Stories.

Lakeview Waterfront Connection Project Environmental Assessment meeting – April 03, 2013 – 4:30-9:00 pm Mississauga Senior Centre on Cawthra Road

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Following text is from Inspiration Lakeview: Join us at the Public Information Centre meeting for the Lakeview Waterfront Connection Project Environmental Assessment April 03, 2013:  4:30 – 9:00 p. Mississauga Senior Centre on Cawthra Road The Region of Peel and Credit Valley Conservation with support from Toronto and Region Conservation and the City of Mississauga […]

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The preferred use of a heritage place of worship is its original one, according to A Guide for Conserving Heritage Places of Worship in Ontario Communities

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Effectively Conserving and Managing Heritage Places of Worship The following text is from p. 24 of Heritage Places of Worship – A Guide to Conserving Heritage Places of Worship in Ontario Communities. A related website of interest is Ontario Heritage Trust – Ontario’s Places of Worship. The introductory text (p. 24) in the section of […]

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Historically significant places of worship are usually closely linked with their faith communities, according to the Ontario Heritage Act

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This post concerns the relationship between places of worship and the faith communities that are associated with them. According to an Ontario Heritage Toolkit document, “place of worship” is an inclusive term that encompasses: churches mosques synagogues temples chapels such as within convents or seminaries shrines, meeting houses, or other places of assembly for religious […]

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Concordia University’s new student residence a former convent – March 29, 2013 Globe and Mail

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Stories related to what to do with historic church buildings appear frequently, given a variety of converging factors, as the Wesley Mimico redevelopment story illustrates. For your interest, the following headline and opening paragraphs are from a March 29, 2013 Globe and Mail article about the adaptive-reuse of a convent in Montreal: Concordia University’s new […]

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March 29, 2013 Globe and Mail article notes Long Branch has until now been slow in becoming gentrified

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A real estate article by Carolyn Ireland published in the March 29, 2013 print edition of The Globe and Mail, and appearing a day earlier on The Globe’s website, is entitled “How to find the home you never thought you wanted.” [To access the article, click on the link in the previous sentence.] A sidebar […]

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The Henderson Motorcycle Marque – Comment from C. O’Marra about c. 1927 photo at Etobicoke Creek

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I’ve recently mentioned that Jim Carr had Googled the logo in the photo and had found Henderson Brothers. I’ve placed half a dozen books on motorcycle history on hold at the Toronto Public Library and look forward to reading more about Henderson Brothers. I’m very pleased, in the meanwhile, to share with you the following […]

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News update – Councillor Mark Grimes’ Office – March 28, 2013

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From Councillor Grimes’ Office: The Pandas Have Arrived The Toronto Zoo is very pleased to report that giant pandas Er Shun and Da Mao are now resting comfortably after having been successfully moved into their new home, at the Toronto Zoo for the next five years. The off load into their new exhibit went smoothly […]

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Built Heritage News – Issue No. 209 – March 26, 2013 – CRB decision on Bala Falls released

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Following news report by Catherine Nasmith is from Built Heritage News – Issue No. 209 – March 26, 2013: To access the most recent issue of the full newsletter, click here. CRB decision on Bala Falls released Catherine Nasmith The town dock, Lake Muskoka, Bala, Ontario Right at the top I should say I was the […]

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The Sony MDR 7506 headphones are a standard model for audio engineers

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Some years ago I bought a set of Sony MDR 7506 headphones for monitoring of sound quality when recording interviews. I’m very pleased with the product. It didn’t cost all that much and the sound quality is excellent. A Feb. 29, 2013 New York Times article about fashion headphones quotes an audio engineer named Jim […]

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Ontario’s heritage places of worship may be characterized as living cultural heritage resources

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This blog post concerns Heritage Places of Worship: A Guide to Conserving Heritage Places of Worship in Ontario Communities. As I understand, this is an Ontario Heritage Tool kit document. You can access the PDF file of the guide by clicking here. Alternatively you can access the file by clicking on the following link: Heritage_Tool_Kit_Places_of_Worship The […]

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