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Our May 4, 2014 Jane’s Walk in Long Branch went beautifully – as has been the case with each of our Jane’s Walks in this neighbourhood in South Etobicoke on the Lake Ontario shoreline starting with the first one on May 6, 2012. This year the conversational element was even more a central feature of […]
Mike James and Jaan Pill are now in their third year of organizing Jane’s Walks in Long Branch (Toronto not New Jersey). The Saturday, May 3, 2014 Jane’s Walk began at our usual time and location – at 10:30 am at the East Parking Lot at Marie Curtis Park. The walk was called Inspiration Lakeview: […]
Each walk is two hours, and will begin on May 3 and May 4 at 10:30 am – rain or shine – at the East Parking Lot at Marie Curtis Park. Each walk will have many new features. We like to ensure that we have new content each year. If you’ve attended our Long Branch […]
The purpose of this post is to invite you, as a visitor to my website, to a meeting with George Takach, who is running for the federal Liberal nomination in the Etobicoke-Lakeshore riding. I support the Liberals provincially and federally. Among other things, the Parkview School story turned out beautifully thanks to the decision by […]
Many historical societies are at work along the shores of Lake Ontario. I have a keen interest in the work of each of them. I’m pleased to have the opportunity to share the following notice from the Beach Canal Lighthouse Group: Beach Canal Lighthouse Group General Meeting Notice Good afternoon: Make sure your clocks are […]
David Juliusson has shared with us the text of a blog post at toronto.transit.on.ca entitled: “A History of Subways on Bloor and Queen streets.” [Click on the link in the previous sentence to access the post.] The opening paragraphs read: The Initial Proposals (see also Early History) As the city of Toronto developed, it took […]
As a person who loves to drive, I was thoroughly intrigued to learn about the recent study of air pollution in south Etobicoke. Cars and trucks: What can be done? With regard to cars and trucks, some of the text from Tamara Shephard’s Jan. 16, 2014 Etobicoke Guardian article, discussed in a recent post, stays […]
Colleen O’Marra writes with regard to Donna Magee’s comment at a previous post: Under Biographical Dictionary of Architects in Canada: Richard Ough was born in East Gwillimbury Twp., York County, Oct. 24,1841, uncle of John Ought, local builder and hotel keeper at Newmarket. Ough left Canada and moved to California in 1868 to work as […]
I’ve recently put together a text about Jane’s Walk for a book at blurb.ca that the Jane’s Walk organization is putting together, and which I look forward to publicizing in the weeks ahead. Here’s the text (see below). It will serve as a reminder to mark the date in your 2014 schedule book! Name of […]
As 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 […]