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Along the Shore (2013) Jane Fairburn, author of Along the Shore, focusing on the waterfront communities of Toronto, has posted a vintage postcard on the radials through Long Branch on the Along the Shore Facebook page. Here’s the text accompanying the photo, on Jane Fairburn’s Facebook page: “In the late nineteenth century, as the middle […]
Given that I have a website that focuses on Long Branch (in Toronto not New Jersey), I sometimes get phone calls from across the United States asking me to help track down historical details related to Long Branch (in New Jersey not Toronto). People find the Preserved Stories website through Google searches for Long Branch. […]
As you may know the City of Toronto website features demographic profiles for neighbourhoods across Toronto. The profile for Long Branch can be found here. Here’s the 2011 Long Branch social profile for age and gender. Here’s the corresponding 2011 city-wide profile for age and gender. Below is a list of other data that can […]
For your interest, the following letter from Lori Moore appears in the Dec. 7, 2012 edition of The Etobicoke Guardian: To the Editor: In the New Toronto and Long Branch areas just north of the lakeshore, there are many affordable older cottages and small bungalows being torn down so that two houses can be built […]
The photos on this page are by Jaan Pill. To enlarge a photo, click on the image. To enlarge it further, click again. I was delighted to have the opportunity, at the start of the Dec. 1, 2012 Santa Claus Parade in Long Branch and New Toronto, to hand out ‘Santa Stops Here’ signs on […]
A letter writing project is under way to show support for the nomination of 28 Daisy Avenue — the oldest remaining building in Long Branch — as a heritage building. Here’s a front-page article by Tamara Shephard in The Etobicoke Guardian highlighting the community effort to save this building. (Click on the link in the […]
I’m pleased to share with you the following message from Malcolm Archer of the Ratepayers Association of South Long Branch (RASL). Sent: Thursday, June 28, 2012 Subject: 168 Lake Promenade Once again today, neighbours stood together to oppose the severance of a lot in our beautiful neighbourhood. I wish to thank personally, those who supported […]