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Update The mural has been moved to the inside of the Small Arms Building. [End of update] Mural at Small Arms Building I have spoken about the mural at the front of the Small Arms Building in previous posts including this one: Long Branch Rifle Ranges, Small Arms Building, and the Arsenal Lands The mural […]
I was very pleased to have the opportunity to attend an announcement on May 1, 2015 at the Art Gallery of Mississauga. The announcement was with regard to the Lakeview lands, a topic that I have discussed at length in previous blog posts. A notice of the announcement, at the website of Mississauga South MPP […]
Join us for a Sunday, May 3, 2015 Jane’s Walk during which City of Mississauga Ward 1 Councillor Jim Tovey will provide the back story related to the wooden baffles located north of the Lake Ontario shoreline, east of Applewood Creek. Over many decades, the forces of gravity have served to cause the earth within some […]
I’ve posted updates (see below) to a recent post entitled: Driven from New Orleans (2012), Drug Wars (2013), On the Run (2014) The context (including cutting edge economics) as it applies to mixed-income housing policy in Toronto An April 2, 2015 Atlantic article is entitled: “The Lost Children of Katrina: A decade after the hurricane, […]
1) Reinventing urban democracy A March 25, 2015 openDemocracy.net article is entitled: “Reinventing urban democracy in Barcelona.” The opening paragraphs read: “We’re losing Barcelona and we want to win it back.” These are the opening words of the manifesto of the new electoral alliance Barcelona en Comú (which can be translated as “Barcelona for all”). […]
The study in question is Museums and the Paradox of Change, Third Edition (2013, 1997, 1995). A blurb for the book (see link above) begins with the following opening paragraph: “Museums throughout the world are under increasing pressure in the wake of the 2008/2009 economic recession and the many pressing social and environmental issues that […]
One of the many benefits of working at organizing a 1960s high school reunion is that you get to re-visit topics that you may have forgotten about. You also pick up new information that wasn’t even know at the time. Consider a Jan. 13, 2015 headline from CBC the Current: “The Teenage Brain: Uniquely powerful, […]
The tagline is: “Thunderbird: Unique in all the world.” Click on the ad to enlarge it. Click again to enlarge it further. The early 1960s ad reads: What to tell your wife before the Thunderbird comes You won’t have to tell her how beautiful a Thunderbird is. She can see that no other car has […]