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I much value the support that has been expressed from time to time by local residents, for the work that I do in sharing a few stories, when I have time, at the Preserved Stories website. The ‘four sisters’ story (I think there were four towers, but could be wrong) in Lakeview appears to be […]
On many days, I walk from the vicinity of the Long Branch TTC Loop in Etobicoke (Toronto) to the Small Arms Building in Lakeview (Mississauga) at Dixie Road and Lakeshore Road East. It’s a walk that I enjoy; over the years I’ve been documenting, at this website, the changes and events that have been taking place […]
The following update is from David Godley, a retired urban planner and former member of the Committee of Adjustment: * 1) Status of applications 2) Committee of Adjustment Changes (see 9 38th attachment on integrity commission route to rein in members) 3) Etobicoke Lakeshore Press 4) 24 33rd Street OMB hearing 5) 55 Long Branch […]
I’ve had an inquiry about who James S. Bell was. I’ve tried to answer as best I can; it’s a topic that students at Lakeshore Collegiate have recently been asking about, as many of them went to James S. Bell Junior Middle School during their elementary school years. If you can add to what I […]
Following message is from Councillor Grimes’ Office: Dear Neighbour, City of Toronto creates local appeal body to expedite land use hearings The City of Toronto has established an independent local appeal body to provide quick and efficient hearings on appeals of land use decisions made by the Committee of Adjustment. On May 3, the Toronto […]
Click here for previous posts about air traffic noise > The following message is from Kathryn Hanford, Manager, Community Outreach, Greater Toronto Airports Authority. To ensure that site visitors can find the links readily, I have made the links more prominent, than they are in the original email. I have added the images, that you […]
A previous post is entitled: Message from Lakeshore Planning Council regarding air traffic noise in Markland Woods, Alderwood, and Long Branch I attended part of the April 19, 2017 Community Environment and Noise Advisory Committee (CENAC) meeting at the GTAA Administration Building at 3111 Convair Drive in Mississauga. The previous post (above) features key information […]
I have an interest in learning about the First Nations history of Long Branch (Toronto not New Jersey). The human story of the area, where I have lived for 20 years, began about 10,000 years ago when Palaeo-Indian nomadic hunters first arrived in Southern Ontario at the end of the last Ice Age. After the arrival […]
Update At the May 2, 2017 EYCC meeting – Intent to Designate the Vincent Massey School in Long Branch was DEFERRED for the second time – Intent to Designate the Blue Goose/Windsor House was ADOPTED The intent to designate the Blue Goose/Windsor House will now travel to full Toronto City Council on May 24, 2017 […]
In the course of my life, I have been inspired by decency, honesty, fairness, and genuine (as opposed to fake) justice. It’s been my observation that the pursuit of such qualities as decency, honesty, and so on, appeals to some more than to others. Thus I must say that I was very moved – tears […]