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Long Branch: A Jane’s Walk Bike Tour – another outstanding Jane’s Walk event, led by David Juliusson on May 6, 2018
/2 Comments/in Commentary, Jane's Walk, Long Branch, Mississauga, Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillClick 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 […]
Input from Jaan Pill of Preserved Stories regarding Feb. 7, 2017 Long Branch Guidelines Draft
/0 Comments/in Committee of Adjustment, Toronto Local Appeal Body, Local Planning Appeals Tribunal, Long Branch, Long Branch Character Guidelines, Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillAs a rule, I make it a practice to avoid posting my own input with regard to ongoing public consultations such as the Long Branch Guidelines Draft. Instead, I just send in my comments and then I forget about it. My reasoning is that my own views are neither here nor there, in the wider […]
Two chairs from Samuel Smith house are at Applewood House (also known as Shaver House)
/0 Comments/in Jane's Walk, Long Branch, Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillIn the course of working on a longread post about the history of Long Branch, entitled History of Long Branch (Toronto) – Draft 4, I’ve come across a piece of information that I had not gotten around to posting some years ago when I first learned about it. Chairs from Colonel Smith house are at […]
Scott Munro (MCHS ’63) has added a comment regarding the physiography of the Humber River
/0 Comments/in MCHS 2015 Reunion, Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillScott Munro (MCHS ’63), a member of the MCHS 2015 Event Committee, has added a comment to a previous post. The topic concerns land formation processes that have occurred tens of thousands of years ago where Old Mill Toronto is now located. In geological time, the Old Mill site was once under a glacier whose thickness was […]
MCHS 2015: Toronto attractions include Harbourfront and the Waterfront
/0 Comments/in MCHS 2015 Reunion, Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillI live with my family in Long Branch in South Etobicoke. Where we live still has a touch of the rural scene attached to it, but it’s only 20 minutes to downtown Toronto, which is primarily an urban scene. Long Branch is a short ways to the south of the Stay Inn, so that if […]
Share Your Stories & Learn More! Make note of these events on June 7 and 13, 2015 – and many more into September
/0 Comments/in Jane's Walk, Long Branch, Mississauga, Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillThe Lakeshore Grounds Interpretive Centre has some great storytelling events lined up from June 7, 2015 into September 2015. Tara Mazurk, Curator of the L Space Gallery at Humber College, reports: “We have our first roundtable share-your-story on Sunday June 7th from 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm at Assembly Hall.” Click here to learn more […]