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Please note the Community Council meeting is April 9 not April 6 as previously indicated. The following March 26, 2013 message is from Michael Harrison: Good Morning: I am pleased to let you know that the city staff report to declare the city’s intent to designate the Ormsby/Franceschini (Mimico Estates) estate under the Ontario Heritage […]
This blog post describes how I developed an interest in the unfolding story involving the redevelopment of the Wesley Mimico United Church located at 2 Station Road in Mimico. I live in Long Branch, not Mimico. I’m not a member of the United Church. Yet the story of the church is of much interest to […]
The most recent Wesley Mimico United Church community forum took place on Jan. 28, 2013. The church is located at 2 Station Road at the corner of Mimico Avenue and Station Road in Mimico. I became interested in the Wesley Mimico redevelopment project as a result of my involvement with the Parkview School project starting […]
The following article by Lindsay Howe concerning two Long Branch Jane’s Walks in May 2013 appears in the March / April 2013 edition of The Lakeshore Villages Community Newspaper: Exploring the History of Long Branch Jane’s Walk 2013: May 4th and 5th By: Lindsay Howe This year there will be two Long Branch dates for […]
The Feb. 25, 2013 Etobicoke Guardian article by David Nickle on the rejection by City Council of Mimico development incentives proposed by Ward 6 Councillor Mark Grimes can be found here. [To access the article, click on the link in previous sentence.] The opening paragraphs of the article read as follows: Council rejects Grimes’ Mimico […]
The link to the agenda can be found here. Denise Harris, Heritage Officer, Etobicoke Historical Society, writes: “I will be at the EYCC meeting on Tuesday to speak in support of the designation of 28 Daisy, especially since the Etobicoke Historical Society submitted the original application. No one opposed the designation at the Toronto Preservation […]
Following message is from the Toronto Preservation Board: Please see attached letter re: Intention to Designate under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act – 28 Daisy Avenue: PB20.2 Tony Claddings Toronto Preservation Board 416-338-5850
Updates: The Global Cities at Risk website is focused upon a topic addressed in this blog post. A July 30, 2013 Atlantic Cities article notes that rising sea levels could submerge substantial parts of 1,700 U.S. Cities. An August 20, 2013 Globe and Mail article highlights the predicted effects of rising sea levels as does […]
Denise Harris, Heritage Officer, Etobicoke Historical Society, has informed us that the Toronto Preservation Board approved the designation of 28 Daisy Avenue at its Feb. 14, 2013 meeting. She was there to depute in favour, plus there were 12 letters of support from the community. “No one was there to object to the designation, including […]