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I’ve been following with interest the Wesley Mimico United Church redevelopment story since February 2012. From what I can gather, the heritage attributes of the Wesley Mimico United Church building, as identified by City of Toronto heritage preservation staff, will determine the narrative arc of the redevelopment. I learned about the project when I was […]
The following text (and forwarded email from the City of Toronto) is from Long Branch resident David Godley, which I share for your interest: This letter and attached has been sent to the Premier, Municipal Affairs and Attorney General. Feel free to circulate, post or comment. To support send emails to to premier@ontario.ca; attorneygeneral@ontario.ca; minister.mah@ontario.ca; […]
A Community Forum will take place on Monday, Feb, 10, 2014 to provide an update on design and planning for the Wesley Mimico redevelopment project. The meeting, which will take place from 7:00 to 9:00 pm, will be at the church, which is located at 2 Station Road in Mimico. I’ve been following with interest, […]
I enjoyed reading the December 2013 issue of The Fife and Drum – The Newsletter of The Friends of Fort York and Garrison Commons. You can access the PDF version of the document here: fife-and-drum-dec-2013 I found it a challenge to read the printout of the original PDF file, as the print is small. That […]
The following message, forwarded by David Juliusson, is from Sean Fraser of the Ontario Heritage Trust: Friends and colleagues, You are invited to attend the exciting speakers series event, “War on the Homefront; Women and the War of 1812,” presented by Dr. Jane Errington at Parliament interpretive centre on Thursday, November 14, 2013. Please see […]
You can access the page here. [Click on link in previous sentence to access the Objections and Response page.] Comment Background about the story, as it has been unfolding, can be accessed at the Wesley Mimico United Church category at the Preserved Stories website. The one blog post that sums up my own understanding of […]
The photo discussed in a previous post appears indeed to be from the mouth of Mimico Creek. Michael Harrison includes a high resolution version of the photo (showing more detail than is available in the version of the photo, on the left, that I’ve included at the current blog post) in a chapter (p. 157) […]
It’s great to have a Twitter account and a blog, because they offer a person a way to organize her or his thinking and learn from other people. My topic concerns the nature of reality. How do we make sense of reality? We have available to us a wide range of academic, corporate, and political […]
Update (Dec. 9, 2014): There has been discussion in the past for the soil that is being removed from the Hanlan Project to be used for Inspiration Lakeview as part of the process of extending the shoreline southward into Lake Ontario. In that regard, things have changed a bit, as I understand. Here’s my current […]
I much enjoy reading news from or about Fort York. Below is a link to the June 2013 Fife and Drum newsletter, published by Friends of Fort York: fife-and-drum-june-2013 The lead article features Laura Secord. I much enjoyed a heritage walk some time ago, organized in association with Fort York, where participants traced the path […]