An occasional Newsletter from Preserved Stories.

Etobicoke waterfront stormwater management facilities study. Lakeview waterfront connection study: Meeting on Jan. 22, 2013.

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Etobicoke waterfront You can find information here regarding the Etobicoke waterfront stormwater facilities project. Information about the municipal class environmental assessment (EA) study related to this facilities study is available here. A document related to the study has been placed on record between Jan. 10 and Feb. 11, 2013. If you have any “outstanding issues,” you […]

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Update regarding Gore Park Streetwall story in Hamilton: Jan. 5, 2013 Globe and Mail article

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A Jan. 5, 2013 Globe and Mail article provides an update regarding the Gore Park Streetwall story in Hamilton. An earlier post about this topic can be found here. The headline and opening paragraphs read as follows: To treasure or tear down Hamilton’s Victorian storefronts? The debate rages Adrian Morrow The Globe and Mail Jan. […]

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How the spectre of the Iron Curtain haunts Eastern Europe today: Toronto Star interview with Anne Applebaum (Jan. 6, 2013)

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I read with interest this Jan. 6, 2013 interview in The Toronto Star with Anne Applebaum, author of Iron Curtain: The Crushing of Eastern Europe. The opening up of archives and the availability of personal accounts of the postwar years in Eastern Europe is, I believe, a significant achievement. Accurate and balanced overviews based on such resources are […]

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Elizabeth Day (2013) discusses storytelling: How reading aloud is back in fashion

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I enjoyed reading a Jan. 6, 2013 article in The Guardian. The article (see link in previous sentence) by Elizabeth Day about her storytelling in an art gallery in central London begins with the following heading and text: “Storytelling: how reading aloud is back in fashion “At a weekly book club, Elizabeth Day has found […]

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Kitsilano Secondary School’s 1927 building street facade will be retained

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The following text (see below) concerning Vancouver’s Kitsilano Secondary School, which appears to have been written before the fall of 2010, is from the Canadian Heritage Foundation website. Here’s an update on plans for the school. A heritage conservation plan has been published. This article indicates that Heritage Vancouver is pleased with the plan developed since 2010. This […]

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Update from Councillor Jason Farr of the City of Hamilton regarding Gore Park Streetwall

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I’m pleased to share with you (with prior permission from the Councillor) the following message from Councillor Jason Farr of the City of Hamilton. The message is in response to a Jan. 2, 2013 email I had sent regarding the Gore Park Streetwall, which reads as follows: Subject: Gore Park Streetwall Dear Councillor Jason Farr […]

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Lakeview waterfront connection environmental assessment now proceeding: Jan. 22, 2013 public meeting

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The following message is from Brooke Erickson | Planner, Waterfront | Watershed Management Division | Toronto and Region Conservation Authority: “The Lakeview Waterfront Connection ToR [ToR is a singular noun denoting Terms of Reference] was approved by the Ministry of the Environment on December 5, 2012. We are now officially moving forward with the Environmental Assessment.” Commencement notice Below […]

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Support the ACO (Architectural Conservancy of Ontario) as yet another major block of history is threatened: Text from ACO newsletter

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The following text is from the newsletter of the Architectural Conservancy of Ontario. Past President Lloyd Alter writes: It’s deja vu all over again as another major block of historic buildings are threatened, this time in Hamilton. Just like in Brantford a few years ago, the buildings were not designated, so the developer is able […]

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Starting in 1949, Goffman adopted the role of an American college student studying the economics of island farming

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