For those who have an interest in such things: This category features a selection of posts which are currently viewed, and/or have been viewed over the years, by relatively large numbers of site visitors. I set up this site in 2011. It took me many years to realize how valuable it can be to keep track of site statistics – to find out which posts get the most views, as the years come and go.

Tales of drinking and brawling at Eastwood Hotel remind me of Norse mythology

John Stewart of Wiarton has shared some photos of the fire that destroyed the Long Branch Hotel in 1958

An earlier post is entitled: John Stewart of Wiarton has added a comment to a previous post about the 1958 fire at the Long Branch Hotel John Stewart lived for many years on Arcadian Circle in Long Branch. I met with John in Long Branch on July 12, 2017, and had the opportunity to scan […]

Ville St-Laurent, Quebec: Wartime housing and architectural change, 1942-92: Article by Annmarie Adams & Pieter Sijpkes (1994)

Toronto’s 1950s emergency housing: An informative, comprehensive overview by Kevin Brushett (2007)

How to prepare a 5-minute presentation to the Committee of Adjustment

Stay Awhile: daughter makes doc about family band The Bells – Toronto Star, Nov. 26, 2014

The Big Sleep (1946) demonstrates the effective application of screen direction, sound, lighting, and editing

In Asylums (1961) Goffman analyzes the inner workings of total institutions