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Do you have a photo of Robin’s Nest, built by Alfred Bray who moved to Long Branch (Toronto not New Jersey) in 1910?
/4 Comments/in Long Branch, Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillSandy Bray has a question that you may be able to answer “I’ve been enjoying your site very much,” Sandy Bray writes, “and have been thinking alot of memories and questions, etc. etc.” Sandy has recently sent a question to her dad, Jim Bray, asking if he remembered the address of the house called “Robins Nest” […]
Construction proceeds along Lake Shore Blvd. West
/0 Comments/in Long Branch, Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillFor any of the photos below, you can enlarge them by clicking on them. Click again to enlarge them further. Use ‘Back’ button on your browser to return to the page you are now reading. The photos are a companion piece to a previous blog. From a conversation overheard at about 9:45 pm on Oct. […]
1905 survey map shows buildings at Colonel Samuel Smith homestead site
/4 Comments/in Long Branch, Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillI recently spoke with two former Long Branch residents, Jim Bray and his daughter Sandy Bray, who have filled me in on details, that I was not aware of, related to the barns at the Colonel Samuel Smith homestead site. Jim Bray has also shared some comments at a couple of recent blog posts related […]
History of film editing – Reisz and Millar (1968)
/0 Comments/in Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillThe Technique of Film Editing, Second Edition (1968) is a classic text by Karel Reisz and Gavin Millar that is read even now by film students. It’s a useful resource for anybody interested in how stories are put together, and how life is viewed and experienced, then and now. Because I’m currently taking a film editing […]
Was good to see the GO shuttle buses on July 9, 2013 from Long Branch to Port Credit
/0 Comments/in Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillThe past week we’ve been dealing with the effects of water damage in connection with the weather event of July 8, 2013. Our work is moving along well. In my case over the years I’ve collected many bits of paper, some of which are important and much of which is good to get rid of. […]
What is worth preserving?
/2 Comments/in Jane's Walk, Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillWhat is worth preserving? Our attitudes toward ruins and historically significant buildings and cultural landscapes have a relationship to a wider conversation about what matters. After the Second World War, destruction of heritage properties and landscapes was the norm in much of the world, a practice which in some cases continues today. Jane Jacobs among […]
Highland Creek was a centre of commerce in the early history of Scarborough
/0 Comments/in Jane's Walk, Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan Pill[Update: Highland Creek was highlighted in a CBC Radio Metro Morning broadcast in the fall of 2013. The CBC link (see previous sentence) introduces Highland Creek as follows: Highland Creek is in the south-east corner of Scarborough bordered … It has roots in the 1800s, and it’s been described as still having that “small village” […]
Ontario’s land-use planning framework gives rise to three options for the adaptive reuse of heritage places of worship
/0 Comments/in Newsletter/by Jaan PillThe Wesley Mimico United Church redevelopment project is predicated upon the fact that churches are not autonomous agents with regard to heritage places of worship. They are, instead, part of a regulated land-use system. Hackworth and Gullikson (2013) A recent journal article by Jason Hackworth and Erin Gullikson of the University of Toronto outlines how Ontario’s […]
Wesley Mimico United Church community forum on April 8, 2013 described the church’s redevelopment plans
/0 Comments/in Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillThe most recent Wesley Mimico United Church community forum took place on April 8, 2013. The next one is on June 24, 2013. Background about the Wesley Mimico redevelopment project – and related topics, of which there are many – can be found at the Wesley Mimico United Church Category. The April 8 report is […]