meaning of life - Preserved Stories

The following May 16, 2016 article is by David Godley: * The Death and Life of Long Branch * Past It is over a year since the May 4, 2015 Community meeting where strong concerns were expressed about the desecration of Long Branch. Certainly there have been some good initiatives (including the Urban Design Guideline […]

Conserving Long Branch Quality of Life – November 2015 Update from David Godley

November 7, 2015/0 Comments/in Long Branch, Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan Pill

David Godley writes: Greetings from one of the prettiest and historic neighbourhoods in Toronto. We are doing our best to keep it that way but it takes an enormous effort for even small improvements. Here are some things which are happening at the moment in our neighbourhood. 1. 39 Fairfield, OMB decision 6 units have […]

1960s-era documentary films by the Maysles brothers and The Meaning of Human Existence (2014)

April 4, 2015/0 Comments/in MCHS Stories, Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan Pill

This post is concerned with 1960s-era films by Albert and David Maysles. The post also appears as an update to an earlier post entitled: The Meaning of Human Existence (2014) I’m posting the update as a separate item in order to bring attention to it. I’ve also edited the original update and added links. In […]

The Meaning of Human Existence (2014)

December 16, 2014/0 Comments/in MCHS Stories, Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan Pill

I’ve been reading books about the 1950s and 1960s. 1959 Among them is: 1959: The Year that Changed Everything (2009). Chapter 20, “Seeing the Invisible,” concerns the work of the photographer Robert Frank, with a focus on the latter’s The Americans (2008). Frank Kaplan, the author of 1959, has a Ph.D. from MIT in political […]