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The April 23, 2013 Toronto Star has a great article about Nathan Ng’s historical maps project. You can find an earlier blog post about his work here. You can access Nathan Ng’s website here. I owe thanks to Mike James of Brampton, co-leader of the May 4 and May 5, 2013 Jane’s Walk in Long […]
The story of the Asbury and West United Church redevelopment appears very straightforward to me. I can readily follow the story because I lived on Saranac Blvd. from 1983 until 1991 and know the area well. The church is at the southwest corner of Saranac Blvd. and Bathurst Street. A Google Map of the area […]
In a previous blog post, I referred to information we’ve acquired from Jim Carr and C.M. O’Marra regarding the motorcycle in the photo (above) taken at about 1927 at Etobicoke Creek. It’s one of the photos we are using to publicize the May 4 and 5, 2013 Jane’s Walks in Long Branch. The illustration below […]
In earlier blog posts – which have been viewed and commented upon by many site visitors – I’ve shared photos from Robert Lansdale from the 1920s to the 1940s when a cottage community existed at the mouth of Etobicoke Creek. I very much appreciate the fact that the Durance family has shared their historic family […]
In a previous blog post I described what Steve Roud (2006) has characterized as a traditional English event occurring in the first Saturday in May. That is a day that corresponds with Saturday, May 4, 2013. In the context of the Sunday, May 5, 2013 Jane’s Walk in South Long Branch, we turn next to what […]
C. O’Marra writes: Did you ever find out what happened to the Colonel Smith homestead artifacts found almost thirty years ago? I read an incredibly detailed description of the dig. The only maddening thing. Not ONE blessed word of artifacts found, not one. Why all the secrecy? Was this a private company project ? (C. […]
I 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 […]
Once or twice a week I send out news highlights to my email distribution list, which I set up as part of the Parkview School story, before I set up the Preserved Stories website. The news highlights, in turn, are based on my online Newsletter category. I set up the newsletter – a format that […]
I heard Jane Jacobs speak in Toronto around the early 1980s when I lived for a brief period on Toronto Island. In those years the Toronto Island community on Ward Island and Algonquin Island was facing eviction at the hands of the Metropolitan Toronto government whose political leadership had a strong desire to turn the […]
David Switzer has written the following letter in opposition to re-allocation of money for the Sherway Trail. I will write a message as well, and I encourage you to do the same. A message concerning this topic sent to Derek Waltho. His email address is dwaltho@toronto.ca Please note the deadline for messages is Feb. 28, 2013. Message […]