An occasional Newsletter from Preserved Stories.

Our City Our Future: Decongesting Toronto – Panel Discussion – Mon. Mar 4, 2013 – 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm

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The following information is based on the email indicated below. To access the links, cut and paste the URLs. I owe thanks to David Juliusson for sharing this information with me. From: Toronto Official Plan Review [OFFICIAL-PLAN-REVIEW@LISTS.TORONTO.CA] on behalf of Official Plan Review [opreview@TORONTO.CA] Sent: March 1, 2013 11:53 AM To: OFFICIAL-PLAN-REVIEW@LISTS.TORONTO.CA Subject: Update No. 24 […]

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March 1, 2013 Globe and Mail article profiles Jennifer Keesmaat, Toronto’s new chief planner (Marcus Gee)

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A March 1, 2013 Globe and Mail profile of Jennifer Keesmaat, Toronto’s new chief planner, opens with the following headline and paragraph: Toronto’s new chief planner is a breath of fresh air in a stuffy bureaucracy City hall likes its unelected officials bland and obedient. Most of them are happy to play the part, keeping […]

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New App to keep track of City of Toronto committees

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The following text is based upon an email from Abbe Edelson, to which I’ve added some details about what TPSI is. If you want to keep “tabs” on what’s happening at the City of Toronto there is a new application available to make it easier to keep track of information as it emerges. Toronto Public […]

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Mar. 1, 2013 news update – Councillor Grimes’ Office

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Following update is from Councillor Grimes’ Office: Please find the newsletter attached in .pdf format: March 1, 2013 Registration begins for Toronto-run summer camps It’s time to start thinking about summer and what to do to help your children have a fun, safe and exciting experience. The City offers high quality camps across the city, […]

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Brain Pickings is an interestingness digest

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From the Brain Pickings website: Brain Picking has a free but, some have said, priceless weekly interestingness digest. It comes out on Sundays and offers the week’s best articles across art, science, design, history, and the usual miscellanea, alongside short highlights from other notable reads.

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Toronto History is Trending Evite – Thursday, March 21, 6 p.m.

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This will be a great event. You can find information here: Thank you, Karen L. Black Manager, Museum & Heritage Services 8th Floor, 55 John Street Metro Hall Toronto ON M5V 3C6 Phone: 416-338-1267 Fax: 416-392-6834 E-Mail: klblack@toronto.ca City of Toronto Museums Inspiring Passion for our City Join us on Facebook Follow us on Twitter […]

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News highlights

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Once or twice a week I send out news highlights to my email distribution list, which I set up as part of the Parkview School story, before I set up the Preserved Stories website. The news highlights, in turn, are based on my online Newsletter category. I set up the newsletter – a format that […]

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Jane Jacobs was not an academic

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I heard Jane Jacobs speak in Toronto around the early 1980s when I lived for a brief period on Toronto Island. In those years the Toronto Island community on Ward Island and Algonquin Island was facing eviction at the hands of the Metropolitan Toronto government whose political leadership had a strong desire to turn the […]

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28 Daisy Avenue designation request from City of Toronto Staff accepted unanimously by Etobicoke York Community Council

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At the Etobicoke York Community Council meeting on Feb. 26, 2013, following deputations from Denise Harris, Heritage Officer with the Etobicoke Heritage Society and Madeleine McDowell, Chair of the Humber Heritage Committee, the designation recommendation for 28 Daisy Avenue was unanimously accepted by the Community Council. This is good news for the community. We owe thanks […]

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Discover Black History bus tour has been rescheduled to this Saturday, March 2, 2013

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Following message is from Heritage Toronto: Due to the weather conditions on February on 9th, the Discover Black History bus tour has been rescheduled to this Saturday. There are still seats available! To purchase tickets call Heritage Toronto at 416.338.1339. Saturday March 2 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM DISCOVER BLACK HISTORY IN TORONTO Join us for a special […]

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