@teycpp welcomes Councillor Alejandra Bravo to the Toronto Preservation Board. We look forward to working with you to preserve our city's cultural heritage assets. #tpb #heritagematters
The Spooky Season is right around the corner! Why not explore the ghoulish and gruesome at a ghost or murder walk in your neighbourhood? Here's a fun one offered by the Sunnyside Historical Society in Parkdale. (Warning, adult subject matter!) #PWYC #spookyseason #heritagematters
Happy 155th, Canada! Join your neighbours at the many local Canada Day celebrations, including this one, with East York's and TEYCPP's own Pancheta Barnett.
Join Indigenous elders, dancers, and drummers, as well as beloved historian and heritage champion Madeleine McDowell this Saturday, June 11 in Smythe Park for water & tree blessings, plantings, and more! #heritagematters #IndigenousHistoryMonth
Vote for a City of Toronto Official Tree! Pick your favourite tree OR join us at TEYCPP in nominating the 250-yr-old Red Oak on Coral Gables. Tree advocate Edith George fought for years to save it, and it's still thriving. Let's "make it Official"! toronto.ca/city-government/a…
ALT Tijana Martin/The Globe and Mail, https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-this-is-the-perfect-tree-success-in-a-long-campaign-to-protect-a-250/
City Planning is hosting a Community Consultation Meeting on April 20th at 6:00pm to seek community input on the draft Parkdale Main Street Heritage Conservation District (HCD) Plan.
Please register at: tinyurl.com/rxxep5nd
Here's the official notice: tinyurl.com/2hxzfard
ALT 19th-century buildings line a main street with cars and people in Parkdale.
Wishing all of you Happy Holidays and a safe, healthy, and peaceful New Year.
All the best from your colleagues in preservation.
#heritagematters
ALT Lit Christmas tree and overhead lights in the Distillery. Photo via Distillery Winter Village.
Toronto continues to expand its options for "gentle density" in our existing neighbourhoods by proposing a new Garden Suites by-law. This could help maintain neighbourhood character, adds housing, and reduces sprawl. Weigh in at the Jan 12 public meeting: toronto.ca/city-government/p…
Have your say on the redesign of Market Lane Park, across from St Lawrence Market. Check out the background info here: tinyurl.com/yckxthcs, then choose your favourite aspects of the three survey options: tinyurl.com/2p9bzc96.
The best news? All existing trees will stay!
It's heritage-awards season! Heartiest congratulations to all the winners and nominees for the 2021 @heritagetoronto Awards, presented virtually. You inspire us all to keep fighting the good fight for the common good of our communities. Thank you. heritagetoronto.org/what-we-…
CONGRATULATIONS to the heritage champions recognized this week by the @arconserve Awards. Check out the inspiring nominees: acoheritageawards.ca/the-202… & winners: acoheritageawards.ca/the-202…. Special congrats to our NY Community Preservation Panel colleague & TPB member Alex Grenzebach!
ALT Photo of smiling older man with glasses and a beard (Alex Grenzebach).
Here's a rendering from the Infrastructure Ontario page of the proposed Exhibition Station.
ALT Coloured drawing of people walking past a building and transit station
The City of Toronto has just posted its long-anticipated First Parliament site Master Plan, which lays out the City's vision for the future of this unique and important site. Check it out! toronto.ca/wp-content/upload…
ALT Painting of 19th-century town on lakefront. Credit: "York (now Toronto), As It Appeared in the Autumn of 1803." (By E. Walsh, 1803, annotated by EVOQ)
ALT Illustration of the First Parliament Site Demonstration Plan