July 23, 2008 12:07
Congrats to [murmur] on its fifth anniversary (“A chorus of [murmur]s,” Editorial Digest, July 17). It’s a great service. My cellphone has been getting a good workout! I was surprised to read in your editorial the line that, in 2004 “Edward Keenan was working on a story about the absence of historical plaques in Toronto.”
Actually, there are currently close to 550 historical plaques in Toronto (the earliest dates to 1949). Since 2006 when, as a retired school librarian, I decided to create a website telling Toronto’s history through its plaques, I have located, photographed and created a webpage for each of the plaques. They include federal plaques erected by the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada (their latest is one celebrating Kensington Market), provincial ones put up by the Ontario Heritage Trust (three new ones going up this year) and city ones erected by Heritage Toronto (unveiling five this year). As well, many plaques have been erected over the years by various historical societies in Toronto (including many put up by the Scarborough Historical Society). They can all be seen at torontohistory.org. Just thought I’d let you know. ALAN L. BROWN
WWW.TORONTOHISTORY.ORG
CORRECTION
In our review of the film Stuck on July 17, we incorrectly reported that the film was shot in Nova Scotia. It was in fact shot in Saint John, New Brunswick. EYE WEEKLY regrets the error.
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