A May 17, 2018 Globe and Mail article is entitled: “When Toronto’s upscale Leaside was a company town.” An excerpt reads: “The railroad thought they were going to do a Rosedale thing,” says transplanted American and architectural historian Connor Turnbull, who co-chairs the advocacy group Leaside Matters. “But Canada Wire said, ‘No, we’re going to […]
Click here to access the full Mimico Residents Association newsletter > The opening message (I’ve broken the longer text into shorter paragraphs) reads: Metrolinx Response Re: Mimico GO Station In February, Metrolinx released a new business case analysis that included the recommendation to create a new Park Lawn GO Station in addition to operating the […]
A May 16, 2018 CBC article is entitled: “Decision quietly made by Toronto Community Housing sparks concern in Regent Park: TCH acknowledges it should have told residents sooner new developers could be moving in.” The concluding paragraphs of the article read: With the agency committing to be more transparent with its decisions, resident Michelle Basha […]
Tuesday, May 15, 2018: Tonight’s Etobicoke-Lakeshore All Candidates Meeting at the Assembly Hall starts at 7:00 pm. Doors open at 6:30 pm. The Assembly Hall is at 1 Colonel Samuel Smith Drive (at Kipling and Lake Shore Blvd. West) The meeting is sponsored by the LAMP Community Health Centre.
I have a keen interest in local history and in recent years, I’ve had the opportunity to explore it at some length, through uploading posts to my website, making presentations, and organizing Jane’s Walks. Local history is a recent interest for me; it’s an interest that I just happened to fall into. The topic of […]
I had the opportunity to catch the opening of this show and to meet key people involved with the organizing of it. This is a truly engaging and superbly well-organized event; if you have the opportunity to catch this photo exhibit – and to visit a great industrial site – I recommend it highly. Just the […]
The following May 11, 2018 email message is from the Jane’s Walk Steering Committee; my own Commentary follows below. Title of email: Jane’s Walk’s future is bright. A clarifying statement from the Steering Committee. * A word from the Jane’s Walk Steering Committee Dear Toronto, Yesterday we sent out an email that requires clarification. Most […]
I’ve prepared the following text for a story submitted to the Jane’s Walk website; I much enjoy working on such brief overviews of events. If we seek to get anything across, sometimes we have to focus on brevity: Our Walk drew upon input from many people, who designed the Walk route and chose key points […]
Following message is from David Godley, a retired planner who lives in Long Branch (I have broken longer texts into shorter paragraphs, for ease in online reading): SECOND UNITS, TORONTO DRAFT OFFICIAL PLAN AMENDMENT (ATTACHED) * INTRODUCTION Hello Jeremy and Sharon, I attended the Etobicoke meeting of City of Toronto session on May 9 2018. […]