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Transparency is be a useful design attribute, as a church renovation at 194 Park Lawn Road illustrates
/0 Comments/in Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillAs mentioned in an earlier blog post, a church on property south of the Humber Bay Public Library intrigues me because a recent addition includes a focus on the attribute of transparency. Additional information about the design features of the church can be found here. An entry at the Raw design architecture studio website provides […]
Gawthorpe Celebrations is a traditional English holiday event occurring on the first Saturday in May
/0 Comments/in Jane's Walk, Long Branch, Newsletter/by Jaan PillAs Eric Hobsbawm has remarked in a classic study, The invention of tradition (1983), traditions don’t spring out of nowhere. They have to be invented. The same can be said of nation states, which Benedict Arnold famously spoke of as imagined communities. As a March 28, 2013 Globe and Mail article indicates, sometimes these imagined communities have a limited impact on […]
Photos related to 32 Ninth Street – Committee of Adjustment meeting is on March 28, 1:00 pm
/3 Comments/in Toronto/by Jaan PillTo view the series of blog posts related to 32 Ninth Street, click on the Construction category at this website. In the course of research related to 32 Ninth Street, I’ve been very pleased to learn of the career of the artist Adrian deRooy of New Toronto. I’ll highlight his paintings in a subsequent blog post. As the […]
Great Lakes experiencing ‘new stresses’ – CBC News, March 15, 2013
/0 Comments/in Jane's Walk, Long Branch, Newsletter/by Jaan PillI have a particular interest in the Great Lakes in the preparations for the May 4 and May 5, 2013 Jane’s Walks in Long Branch that Mike James and I will be leading near the shoreline of Lake Ontario. The following headline, photo, and opening sentences are from a March 15, 2013 CBC News report […]
News update – TDSB Trustee Pamela Gough’s Office – Mar. 2, 2013
/0 Comments/in Newsletter/by Jaan PillSent on behalf of Trustee Pamela Gough: Ward 3 Trustee Pamela Gough’s Update March 2, 2013 This is coming out early because I wanted you to get it ahead of March Break. I began the week with a visit to the school council meeting at Second Street JMS. To make things easier for parents, the […]
Request for Review of Mimico 20/20 Reports: City Council rejects development incentives proposed by Ward 6 Councillor Grimes
/0 Comments/in Newsletter/by Jaan PillThe following item is from the City of Toronto website [to view original document, click on link below]. The story leading up to this motion at City Council can be found in an Etobicoke Guardian article entitled “Grimes seeks development incentives.” City Council adopted this item on February 20, 2013 with amendments. This item was considered […]
Jane’s Walk: How to tell your neighbourhood story
/0 Comments/in Jane's Walk, Long Branch, Newsletter/by Jaan PillThe following text is from the Jane’s Walk website. This quick overview offers a good way to get started in thinking about what a Jane’s Walk entails: Telling a story about a place Leading a tour simply involves planning a route, thinking through the stories, places and people you want to get people thinking and talking […]
A Long Branch resident passed along to Barry Kemp this photo of the Eastwood Park Hotel
/21 Comments/in Jane's Walk, Long Branch/by Jaan PillThis is a photo that Barry Kemp, past president of the Long Branch Historical Society, received some time ago from a resident of Long Branch. Update (June 3, 2013): Along with the photo that I received from Barry Kemp was a photocopy of the back of a post card, on which was written the […]