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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. […]
As Eric Hobsbawm has remarked in a classic study, The invention of tradition (1983), traditions don’t spring out of nowhere. They have to be invented. The same can be said of nation states, which Benedict Arnold famously spoke of as imagined communities. As a March 28, 2013 Globe and Mail article indicates, sometimes these imagined communities have a limited impact on […]
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 […]
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 […]
Additional details about Jane’s Walk can be found at: Jane’s Walk Click on the link above to access the general Jane’s Walk Category at the Preserved Stories website. We value your questions, comments, and suggestions regarding Jane’s Walk, which is based on the legacy of Jane Jacobs. Updates regarding this year’s Jane’s Walk will be […]
I strongly support the heritage efforts of Tom Millar of Toronto, who is active in projects involving heritage preservation in Ontario’s cottage country and elsewhere. The following message is from Tom Millar: Online petition now at 176 signatures! Please share and sign before we meet with #cbridge council in April. http://www.change.org/en-CA/petitions/save-the-historic-black-bridge … and please share this […]
Click on the following links to access the articles: South Etobicoke air quality study launches Majority support Mimico 20/20: survey Long Branch building receives heritage designation Council notes – Concrete Campus West
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 […]
Following message is from the Mimico Residents Association: Mimico 20/20 Survey Final Reminder Please complete the survey before midnight Monday, February 25th at the following link: s.zoomerang.com/s/MRA_Survey-Feb2013 We are at a critical point in the Mimico 20/20 planning process. The Mimico Residents Association (MRA) would like your input to help us formalize our official position on the […]