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Looking Back on the Lake Shore: Presentations on preservation of local history resources: Thurs., Nov. 2, 2017, 7:00 to 9:00 pm. at The Assembly Hall
/0 Comments/in Long Branch, Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillThe purpose of the current post is to bring attention to a message of Oct. 20, 2017 from Ward 6 Councillor Mark Grimes’ Office: Click here to access Ward 6 Councillor’s Message entitled: Looking Back on the Lakeshore > The text of the message (which I for one think is important) reads: Dear Neighbour, Right […]
John Stewart of Wiarton has added a comment to a previous post about the 1958 fire at the Long Branch Hotel
/0 Comments/in Long Branch, Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillJohn Stewart of Wiarton has added a comment to a previous post about the fire at the Long Branch hotel; he writes: “Our family grew up on 31 Arcadian Circle from 1939 to 1998. I remember the Long Branch hotel fire and even have slide pictures of it. It actually was during the winter early […]
Updates to previous post regarding Machine in Garden aesthetic of factory design
/0 Comments/in Newsletter/by Jaan PillA previous post about the Machine in the Garden aesthetic of factory design included a large number of updates. For ease in reading of the original post, I’ve removed the updates and have included them (below) as a separate post: A May 8, 2021 New York Times article is entitled: “Seeing the Real Faces of […]
Image of Long Branch Hotel
/0 Comments/in Long Branch, Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillAs noted in a previous post, on one occasion I mistook a photo of the Eastwood Park Hotel for the Long Branch Hotel. I recently came across a copy of Villages of Etobicoke (1985), which features an image of the hotel. It’s an interesting book but when it comes to dates and details, I wouldn’t […]
The Lakeview Waterfront Connection Project will connect the eastern pier of the Ontario Power Generation property with new parklands
/0 Comments/in Mississauga, Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillIn a previous post, I described content from the first half of the July 2013 supplementary newsletter of the Lakeview Waterfront Connection Environmental Assessment project. The newsletter is laid out in a two-column format, which enhances readability. You can view the newsletter here. I had picked up a copy of the newsletter at an August […]
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 […]