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. […]
Click here for previous posts about Jane’s Walk > I much enjoyed a recent heritage ride entitled “Long Branch: A Jane’s Walk Bike Tour,” led by David Juliusson with the support, and backing, of the Etobicoke South Cycling Committee and the Long Branch Neighbourhood Association. The event took place on May 6, 2018 starting at […]
To view the e-News Update in your browser Click here The following text is an excerpt from the beginning of MPP Peter Milczyn’s May 8, 2018 e-News Update: Dear Neighbours, As the 41st Parliament of the Province of Ontario winds down and we head into an election campaign I want to thank the people of […]
Hidden Amongst Us: Architectural Portraits of Leaside’s Canada Wire and Cable Company Homes Leaside Matters, in association with architectural photographer Vik Pahwa, invite you to discover the “big bang” of the Town of Leaside. In 1913 Canada Wire and Cable Company was not only the first industry in Leaside, but also the first company to […]
The May 5, 2018 “Evolution of Long Branch Park (Starting 1884)” Jane’s Walk was an outstanding success on every level. MPP Peter Milczyn, who led the walk, found our Speaking Notes highly valuable, in providing an outline for each Stop along the way. As well, he added details, related to the evolution of Long Branch Park – including […]
The following posts (see links below), regarding MPP Peter Milczyn’s May 5, 2018 Jane’s Walk, are a work in progress. To them I will, in time, add brief stories appearing as separate posts, based on archival resources, related to the Evolution of Long Branch Park (starting 1884): First Stop – Long Branch Ave. & Lake […]
We have learned from Bill Rawson, who for many years ran a used furniture store on Lake Shore Blvd. West, that a tennis court was located where a parking lot for an apartment building on Thirty Third St. is now located. The tennis court was a feature of Long Branch Park for many years. From […]
From this park, looking west we can see the Lakeview Waterfront Connection Project in Mississauga, to be renamed the Jim Tovey Waterfront Connection project. The latter project involves use of landfill to extend the Lakeview waterfront some ways into Lake Ontario, with rebuilding of area wetlands proceeding at the same time. Once completed, the entire […]
A number of previous posts share details about the Long Branch Hotel: A Long Branch resident passed along to Barry Kemp this photo of the Eastwood Park Hotel John Stewart of Wiarton has added a comment to a previous post about the 1958 fire at the Long Branch Hotel John Stewart of Wiarton has shared […]