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Iris Evelina Giggs (1929-2017) excelled as a ballet teacher in Toronto and Mississauga
/0 Comments/in Jane's Walk, Mississauga, Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillI met Jonathan Giggs, son of Iris Evelina Giggs, at a recent Ward 6 Local History event, outlined at a previous post: Highly valuable local history project has been initiated by Ward 6 Councillor Mark Grimes Jonathan mentioned that his mother, who had a ballet school during the time the family lived at Humber Bay Shores […]
Comments from Colleen O’Marra regarding next steps for the Preserved Stories website
/2 Comments/in Commentary, Language usage, Long Branch, Mississauga, Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillThe photo on the right of a small sample of artifacts from the 1984 dig at the Colonel Samuel Smith homestead site at 85 Forty First Street in Long Branch is from a blog post dated June 23, 2012. A previous post is entitled: Heads-up regarding next steps for the Preserved Stories website At that […]
Comments from Jaan Pill regarding August 2017 Long Branch Character Guidelines draft
/0 Comments/in Committee of Adjustment, Toronto Local Appeal Body, Local Planning Appeals Tribunal, Language usage, Long Branch, Long Branch Character Guidelines, Mississauga, Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillMy previous comments, regarding an earlier, February 2017 version of the Long Branch Character Guidelines draft, are at a post entitled: Input from Jaan Pill of Preserved Stories regarding Feb. 7, 2017 Long Branch Guidelines Draft My current comments address the more recent, August 2017 version of the Guidelines draft. The latter draft, on which my […]
Heads-up regarding next steps for the Preserved Stories website
/2 Comments/in Long Branch, Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillOver the next several months, I will be cutting back on blog posts related to Long Branch and nearby neighbourhoods. I mention this now, by way of a heads-up, for regular visitors to this website. I will be working, with as few distractions as possible, on a book about Long Branch history. It will be […]
Conserving Long Branch September 2017 Part 1 (David sent this out on Sept. 9, 2017; I am slow in posting it)
/0 Comments/in Commentary, Committee of Adjustment, Toronto Local Appeal Body, Local Planning Appeals Tribunal, Long Branch, Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillThe text from David Godley will follow my preamble to this post; if you want to skip the preamble, just go forward to the heading entitled: “Conserving Long Branch September 2017 Part 1.” Preamble from Jaan Pill I have changed “Toronto Local Appeal Board,” in David Godley’s text, to “Toronto Local Appeal Body,” as the […]
Joyce Moore of North Toronto has added a comment regarding “the same destruction of neighbourhoods by developers”
/0 Comments/in Commentary, Committee of Adjustment, Toronto Local Appeal Body, Local Planning Appeals Tribunal, Language usage, Long Branch, Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillA recent post is entitled: May 2017 Update from David Godley: Committee of Adjustment & related topics At that post, Joyce Moore of North Toronto has added the following comment: I have read many of the letters on your website and I believe that the same destruction of neighbourhoods by developers who are interested in […]
Check out the Lakeshore Connecting Communities upcoming meetings in Mississauga on Sept. 26 and 27, 2017
/0 Comments/in Commentary, Long Branch, Mississauga, Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillYou can access details at Lakeshore Connecting Communities. Previous posts about Mississauga Click here to access previous posts about Mississauga > Commentary My anecdotal evidence suggests to me that civic engagement in Mississauga is qualitatively different from civic engagement in Toronto. At the risk of generalizing (by which I mean there may be exceptions), civic […]
Long Branch Neighbourhood Character Guidelines public meeting is on Sept. 26, 2017 at 6:30 pm, at the Ken Cox Community Centre
/0 Comments/in Commentary, Committee of Adjustment, Toronto Local Appeal Body, Local Planning Appeals Tribunal, Long Branch, Long Branch Character Guidelines, Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillEtobicoke Guardian article regarding SvN Architects + Planners SvN Architects + Planners is involved with development of the ongoing Long Branch Urban Design Guidelines pilot project. A Sept. 19, 2017 Etobicoke Guardian article is entitled: “Firm wins Toronto design award for Six Points’ junction transformation: Pedestrians, cyclists included in expanded public realm design.” A Sept. 13, […]