robert boyce, architect

architect, social activist, Liberal, model railroader, former chair SJArts Centre, formerchairSJHeritage Bd, LoanFund Investor,skeptic,Rotarian

[The Progressive @theprogressive]

We do not need to choose between building new #housing and preserving older housing. We need to do both. Now.

https://t.co/2SPTLNGlXu

[Dictionary of Canadian Biography @dcb_dbc]

Bio of the Day: David Stirling (1822–87), architect and entrepreneur.
His reputation rests primarily upon the fine buildings surviving from his work in #Halifax in the 1860s, and upon his later churches designed in the Gothic Revival style.
https://t.co/H51v5LXzFA

[Jason Pugh 🇨🇦 🏳️‍🌈 @TheJasonPugh]

🚨WATCH: David Akin asks @PierrePoilievre about the #CPC head office choosing candidates over the local grassroots orgs.

#PierrePoilievre offers up a word🥗 for a non-answer.

"and other people who are legends in the communities that they represent." 🤦

#cdnpoli #Election2025

[Peter Coffman @TweetsCoffman]

The PM thinks we should vacation in 🇨🇦 more. I'm all in. Here's the first of several blogs about Canadian places well worth visiting. My touchstone, as always, will be cool architecture.

Feel free to add to the list!

#VacationInCanada
https://t.co/NasEIOf3ee

[St. Joseph's Hospital Foundation @Stjoesfound]

Rick lit one of 40 candles at St. Joseph's Hospital, marking a generous $10,000 donation to kickstart our #LightsOfHope campaign! 🌟 But we still have 160 more candles to light and funds to raise for a new wide-angle camera at the St. Joe's Eye Clinic. 📷
https://t.co/TeL6FxP0KO

[Saving Places @SavingPlaces]

This mid-19th century style became popular as the United States looked towards a romantic past to recreate in the present. Read on for tips on how to spot Italianate Archtecture.
https://t.co/CQjuZW9EaY

[Dictionary of Canadian Biography @dcb_dbc]

Bio of the Day: Martha Hamm Lewis (Peters) (1831–92), teacher. #OTD
Perhaps she took pleasure in the thought that her fight to be admitted to the Normal School had helped to remove some prejudice against women teachers. https://t.co/O28Lha9hzg

[Dictionary of Canadian Biography @dcb_dbc]

Bio of the Day: Robert J. Patterson (1809–84), former slave and restaurant owner.
About 1859 he opened an “oyster saloon” which developed into the “Empire Dining Saloon,” the most popular establishment of its kind in #SaintJohn.
https://t.co/b7JPskTIx1

[Peter Coffman @TweetsCoffman]

It's Hallowe'en month!

If there's even just one building in the whole country that's haunted, it's surely this one....

#Lunenburg Academy. Designed by Harry Mott, built 1894-95. 👻 😱

[Peter Coffman @TweetsCoffman]

Good piece by @mattpuddister on the precarious state of our religious built heritage (full disclosure: he uses yours truly as a source):
https://t.co/4gMfDjYFyw

[John Pitchford🌹💙 @Johnnypapa64]

Classic comedy from @JohnCleese, Graham Chapman, Tim Brooke-Taylor & Marty Feldman (with Barry Cryer) in The Four Yorkshiremen sketch from At Last The 1948 Show (1967)

[Halifax Bloggers @halifaxbloggers]

Perpetual Eternal or Standard Eternal? Or maybe you just need to know which direction to go. Stephen Archibald contemplates iron grave markers:

https://t.co/BZydiBmcJZ

#novascotia #explore #history #design #noticing @Cove17

[Human Development Council @SaintJohnHDC]

Check out some recent data on chronic homelessness trends in New Brunswick. For more research on homelessness visit: https://t.co/yLaLkUlAD2

[David Hickey @DavidHickeySJ]

Our communities are calling on us to act. To end the housing crisis, invest in mental health and addictions.

It's time for action.

[robert boyce, architect @boyceonteck]

https://t.co/LaAPKXXk1Q

[Saving Places @SavingPlaces]

ICYMI, watch the recording of our highly anticipated webinar "Insuring Historic Properties in an Increasingly Challenging Marketplace"

https://t.co/fXxhruSupt

[Ottawa Community Land Trust @OttCLT]

Looking for a way to make a positive impact in responding to #Ottawa’s housing crisis - while earning a fair financial return? Join neighbours in working to secure and maintain #affordablehousing with a Housing Forever Bond! Find out more: https://t.co/cia0YpP8vc

#ottnews

[robert boyce, architect @boyceonteck]

Too bad they couldn't spell affordable twice

[Toronto Railway Museum @TORailwayMuseum]

Jun 2, 1889: @CanadianPacific begins passenger service over its newly completed Short Line to New Brunswick across the state of Maine. In order to generate publicity, CP invited several reporters to accompany the first trip between Montreal and Saint John, New Brunswick.