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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 […]
The following message is from Elizabeth Quance of Friends of Fort York: This message is to let you know about a special event taking place at the Fort on Saturday, February 23: the 6th annual Mad for Marmalade, Crazy for Citrus. If you live in the Greater Toronto Area and you have a passion for marmalade, you […]
The Built Heritage Newsletter for Jan. 22, 2013 can be found here. Among the many interesting items is this one: 3. Toronto: City-Wide Tall Building Design Guidelines include Heritage Geoff Kettel Chair North York Community Preservation Panel The city is close to finalizing draft updated City-Wide Tall Building Design Guidelines. The updated Guidelines will be […]
Peter Hall focuses, in Cities of tomorrow: An intellectual history of urban planning and design in the twentieth century, third edition (2002), on the power of ideas. Hall is also author of London voices, London lives: Tales from a working capital (2007), in which Londoners speaks of their lives in their own voices. In his […]
This is a photo that Barry Kemp, past president of the Long Branch Historical Society, received some time ago from a resident of Long Branch. Update (June 3, 2013): Along with the photo that I received from Barry Kemp was a photocopy of the back of a post card, on which was written the […]
Item EY21.49 regarding Mimico 20/20 can be found here. [To read the item in its original format, click on link in previous sentence.] The text [I’ve broken some longer text blocks into shorter paragraphs] reads as follows: Tracking Status This item was considered by the Etobicoke York Community Council on January 22, 2013 and adopted without amendment. It […]
I’ve written the following email to Robert Saunders c/o Janette Gerrard at jgerrar@toronto.ca regarding 28 Daisy Avenue in Long Branch. [Click on link in previous sentence for background about this historic property.] Please write a letter of your own as soon as possible; the meeting that will decide on the designation takes place on Feb. […]
Following text is from CCFEW. Aerial photos are from Credit Valley Conservation; third photo is from Jaan Pill. [I’ve broken longer texts into shorter paragraphs to enhance readability and have made a spelling correction]: There are two public meetings of note this week: The first concerns a new waterfront park adjacent to Marie Curtis Park. […]
Following photo and text is from the Architectural Conservancy of Ontario: Ontario – January 20, 2013: Ontario’s preeminent built heritage organization has formally requested that the Minister of Tourism, Culture and Sport exercise his authority under the Ontario Heritage Act to block the demolition of streetwall along Hamilton’s central Gore Park. Gore Park has […]
Following message (Jan. 17, 2013) is from Office of Councillor Peter Milczyn: Good afternoon, Councillor Peter Milczyn asked that I email you today and update you on this Etobicoke matter as you have been in touch with him in recent months regarding the closure of the Christie plant in South Etobicoke. Peter has some good […]