An occasional Newsletter from Preserved Stories.
I’ve added photographs to the blog post about the Bailey Bridge at Applewood Village Mall
/0 Comments/in Newsletter/by Jaan PillI visited the Bailey Bridge at Applewood Village Mall on Dec.12, 2012 and took some photographs, which I’ve added to the previous blog post about the bridge.
Display panels from Dec. 6, 2012 emerging Secondary Plan policy open house now available online
/0 Comments/in Newsletter/by Jaan PillMatthew Premru of the City of Toronto has noted: Hello, just a quick reminder that the display panels from the December 6th Emerging Secondary Plan Policy Open House are now available on our webpage: http://www.toronto.ca/planning/mimico2020.htm and also, please submit your feedback to us by December 17, 2012.
Answer to Humber Bay Shores quiz question (Peter Riedel)
/0 Comments/in Newsletter/by Jaan PillThe following comment from Peter riedel is a follow-up to an earlier question. A supplementary question from Ruth Grier has received an answer. Peter Riedel comments concerning his original quiz question A couple of weeks ago I asked: “Can anyone name one other area along the northern shoreline of Lake Ontario waterfront that is to […]
Question from Peter Riedel regarding fate of remaining trees between Park Lawn Rd/Marine Parade Dr and Bookers Lane
/0 Comments/in Newsletter/by Jaan PillHello Councillor Grimes, I am inquiring if all remaining trees standing today between Park Lawn Rd/MarineParade Dr and Bookers Lane on the south side of Lake Shore Blvd will be cut down! Have any provisions or steps been taken to save any of these older growth trees or are they to be replaced by 6 foot […]
Beach Motel sign was first thing to go: Nov. 15, 2012 Toronto Star article
/0 Comments/in Newsletter/by Jaan PillUpdate A July 7, 2016 post is entitled: On July 12, 2016 Toronto City Council Agenda: Investigation Report Regarding Conduct of Ward 6 Councillor Mark Grimes [End of update] Peter Riedel, whose photo of The Beach Motel is posted on this page, has asked if I know if The Beach Motel sign was saved […]
MRA’s Mimico 20/20 height and density survey report (November 2012)
/0 Comments/in Newsletter/by Jaan PillThe Mimico Residents Association (MRA) has released a report of based on its Mimico 20/20 survey from November 2012: Download the PDF Survey Report here. The MRA has provided the following summary: The majority (64.7%) of respondents disagree to strongly disagree that height of 16-25 storeys is appropriate for the locations indicated in the Plan. […]
Next steps for Wesley Mimico United Church: Nov. 20, 2012 community forum
/0 Comments/in Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillRe-purpose, renew, add In this blog post, I will share information from a Nov. 20, 2012 community forum concerned with redevelopment of the Wesley Mimico United Church. A more recent blog post provides a further update. Some attendees at the Nov. 20, 2012 meeting are members of the congregation; some work with groups now using […]
Genocide qualifies as a systematic object for social science: Zygmunt Bauman (1989)
/0 Comments/in Newsletter/by Jaan PillPrevious blog posts at the Preserved Stories website have addressed social history in the context of deindustrialization and documentary making. I’ve also shared highlights from studies addressing history and social theory in the context of postmodernity and a return to narration. As well, I’ve shared information related to military history and the relation between instrumental reason and modernity. The […]
Perception is reality does not apply to climate change
/3 Comments/in Newsletter/by Jaan PillUpdates When I say that perception is reality does not apply in the case of climate change I’m saying that reality in this case obtrudes – as contested to many other situations in life, where evidence and facts can readily be ignored in favour of varied preferred ways of seeing things. A book that comes […]