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26 Sep, 2006

a bit of a history lesson

Posted by: andrea tomkins In: - Westboro

For anyone following the development of the Maison Jeanne D’arc … I received a wonderfully detailed email from Bruce Elliot, historian and professor at Carleton University. Here it is, in its entirety (reproduced with permission): – The designation process is most often initiated by owners, and public awareness and LACAC activity to identify structures of […]

25 Sep, 2006

Update

Posted by: andrea tomkins In: - Westboro

* related to this past entry. So I’ve been sending emails here and there and sloooowly getting information about the old Maison Jeanne d’Arc building on Kenwood Ave. I was curious to know why this building (which was apparently built in the 1920s) doesn’t have special heritage designation. I haven’t figured that out yet. But first, this is […]

15 Sep, 2006

The beginning of the end?

Posted by: andrea tomkins In: - Westboro

Gah. I hope it isn’t. Click the photo for enlarged flickr version if you’re keen to see the details. [this refers back to this post] I wish I knew the whole story. Edited to add: I talked to one of the resident nuns this morning. It was as I suspected. The order is dying out. There […]


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