Re-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 […]
A Bailey bridge, named after a British engineer, Donald Bailey, is a temporary bridge of lattice steel designed for rapid assembly from prefabricated standard parts, used especially in military operations, according to the Canadian Oxford Dictionary, Second Edition. It’s also the name by which a permanent footbridge, across the Queen Elizabeth Way at Applewood Village […]
From time to time, I like to post items from Built Heritage News. You can subscribe to this newsletter by visiting the website, which you can access through the link in the previous sentence. Click here for information about Built Heritage News. Click here for information about the Toronto branch of the Architectural Conservancy of […]
Updates A Feb. 20, 2014 CBC article is entitled: “Are we doomed? Elizabeth Kolbert explains why the world might be in the midst of a major mass extinction.” A July 24, 2014 New Yorker article is entitled: “Spare the rod, school the child.” The article notes that a causal chain links the health of ocean […]
Seventeen years ago I switched from employment with the Toronto District School Board (TDSB) to a new position as a teacher with the Peel District School Board (PDSB). When I retired from the latter board in 2006, I had been teaching for over thirty years, in one capacity or another, in schools across the Greater […]
Toronto has no history! (Victoria Jane Freeman) The following abstract is from Urban History Review, Vol. 38, No. 2 (2010). In 1884, during a week-long commemoration of the fiftieth anniversary of Toronto’s incorporation in 1834, tens of thousands celebrated Toronto’s history and its relation to British colonialism and imperialism. The author’s analysis of the historical tableaux […]
Update 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] The following overview — which I’ve posted in pursuit of my interest in highlighting a wide range of frames of reference related to Humber […]
The following overview is based on information from the Lakeshore Planning Council. On Saturday, Nov. 24, 2012 a workshop was held on an Alternative Concept Plan for Amedeo Garden Court, using the free Google software, SketchUp, along with estimated projected costs and revenues for the Plan using Microsoft Excel. The materials used in the Workshop are available here: […]
[If you can outline the steps for seeking conservation easements for Toronto school yards, please let me know. Contact me through this website.] The following correspondence has been forwarded to me. From: Gloria Boxen Sent: November 22, 2012 1:24 PM To: Ontario Growth Cc: Jim Bradley; Laura Broten; Premier Dalton McGuinty Subject: Toronto schoolyards not for […]