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If you’d like to speak at the Feb. 14, 2013 meeting, please contact Janette Gerrard of the City Clerk’s Department by phone or email as indicated below. The opportunity for 28 Daisy Avenue to be designated under the Ontario Heritage Act is now approaching. If you have not yet sent an email to the Toronto Preservation Board, please […]
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 […]
The current newsletter of Built Heritage News can be found at this website. The newsletter includes information about the Gore Park Streetwall in Hamilton. Some highlights from the newsletter (click on the link at the top of this page to read more): Feature Stories Raise The Hammer: Hamilton – Gore Park Buildings December 5, 175th Anniversary […]
The following text is from the newsletter of the Architectural Conservancy of Ontario. Past President Lloyd Alter writes: It’s deja vu all over again as another major block of historic buildings are threatened, this time in Hamilton. Just like in Brantford a few years ago, the buildings were not designated, so the developer is able […]
A Jane’s Walk can be presented as being in the nature of a conversation. A conversation differs from a lecture, as it more explicitly involves a two-way exchange of messages. A lecture does have elements of a conversation, in the event there is a Q & A session at the end of it. There’s also an underlying […]
From time to time, I like to post items from Built Heritage News. You can subscribe to this newsletter by visiting the website, which you can access through the link in the previous sentence. Click here for information about Built Heritage News. Click here for information about the Toronto branch of the Architectural Conservancy of […]
I subscribe to an e-mail newsletter from the Architectural Conservancy of Ontario. You can subscribe at the ACO website, which you can access through the link in the previous sentence. From time to time I like to post excerpts from such publications. The most recent edition of the ACO newsletter features the news items posted below. […]
The Mimico Heritage Study, part of the Mimico 20/20 planning process, has been posted to the City of Toronto website: final_cultural_heritage_resource_assessment Click on the link above to access the PDF file. It makes for great reading. You may also wish to have a look at this TOBuilt list of 116 buildings that are described as older […]
I’m very pleased that I had the opportunity to attend a meeting of the Wesley Mimico Community Forum on September 24, 2012 at the Wesley Mimico United Church. I live in Long Branch, but have an interest in the story of the next steps for the Wesley Mimico United Church. I’m involved because the congregation […]
Update: An Aug. 9, 2014 CBC article is entitled: “Emerald ash borer a costly pest to Toronto tree canopy.” The subhead reads: “Urban forest worth about $7B to local economy, TD report says.” [End of update] By way of an update, please see attached letter regarding the booklet What you need to know about […]