Panel and discussion on housing in Mimico. Saturday, October 13, 2012 – 2282 Lake Shore Blvd. West. A meeting for tenants; all Mimico residents welcome.

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Above: Artist rendering of what development and roads could look like in Mimico The following message is from Mimico Lakeshore Network, which is sponsoring this event: IMAGINE: focus on housing in Mimico A meeting for tenants; all Mimico residents welcome 2282 Lake Shore Blvd. West (Polish Hall at Fleeceline Road Saturday, October 13, 2012 8:15 […]

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Update regarding Amedeo Garden Court heritage buildings

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We are pleased to say that Ward 6 Etobicoke-Lakeshore Councillor Mark Grimes’ office has informed us that Longo Corporation will be keeping the heritage wall and gates at Amedeo Garden Court, and restoring the gardens for the public to access. As well, it’s our understanding that the house will be fully restored and it has […]

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66 Feet: The space between buildings. Impressive blog related to the City of Toronto.

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66 Feet (Click on the link to open it.)  

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Mimico 20/20 Spring 2012 feedback report distributed by Matthew Premru

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As I’ve mentioned earlier, I attended a June 5, 2012 Mimico 20/20 workshop and was impressed with how it was organized. A report based on community input at these workshops has been published. You can access the file by clicking on the link below: Feedback Report Community Workshops Spring 2012 On August 17, 2012 Matthew Premru […]

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Message from Harry Oussoren on behalf of Mimico Lakeshore Network regarding Mimico 20/20 process

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The following message, was sent by Harry Oussoren to Matthew Premru of the City of Toronto. Date: June 28, 2012 Subject: MLN Response Dear Matthew: On behalf of the MLN Steering Group, I forward to you and your colleagues in the City of Toronto Planning Department the considered response to various questions posed by the Planning […]

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Beyond the military revolution: War in the seventeenth-century world (Jeremy Black, 2011)

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Jeremy Black is author of many books, three of which I’ll discuss in this blog post: (1) Beyond the military revolution: War in the seventeenth-century world (2011). (2) War and the new disorder in the 21st century (2004) and (3) War and the cultural turn (2012). In Beyond the military revolution (2011), Jeremy Black demonstrates cogency, […]

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Further comments from Richard McQuade concerning Long Branch archives

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Richard McQuade, whose earlier comments are included in a recent blog post about the Long Branch archives, has shared the following comments. For ease of online reading, I’ve subdivided longer paragraphs into shorter ones. Richard McQuade comments: “I find some of the comments interesting and am not entirely in agreement with some of them. For […]

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Message from LEAF — Please sign up online to become an volunteer EAB (Emerald Ash Borer) Ambassador.

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Dear LEAF Volunteers, We are calling on every single LEAF volunteer to help rewrite the story of how Emerald Ash Borer will affect our city. This invasive insect is threatening 860,000 ash trees and we’re asking people to spend an hour or more of their time to become an EAB Ambassadors and help educate your […]

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What are the next steps for the archives of the Long Branch Historical Society? (post of June 9, 2012)

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