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Great question from Shirley (Taitelbaum) Gravenor: Who was Marcel Laurin, and when was the Laurentian Blvd. changed to Marcel Laurin Blvd.?
/2 Comments/in MCHS Stories, Newsletter/by Jaan PillA great question recently has come our way: Who was Marcel Laurin, and when was Laurentian Blvd. changed to Marcel Laurin? The question is from Shirley (Taitelbaum) Gravenor (MCHS 1976), a key player in the organizing of a July 4, 2018 MCHS 1976 mini-reunion in Montreal: Planning is underway for an MCHS 1976 mini-reunion at […]
Here’s an update of information regarding the old polo road in Saraguay, Quebec
/2 Comments/in MCHS Stories, Newsletter/by Jaan PillClick here for previous posts about Saraguay > Unrelated update: I am currently working, pretty well every spare moment that I have, on a post about presentations made, at an Etobicoke York Community Council meeting on Nov. 14, 2018, regarding the adoption of a final staff report related to the Long Branch Character Guidelines. Click […]
Marlene Slotin writes: Does anyone remember these details from Ville St. Laurent in the 1950s?
/0 Comments/in MCHS Stories, Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillI very much like how this website occasionally serves as a networking resource. A previous post is entitled: We’ve had many comments in response to Graeme Decarie’s Bois Franc question At the previous post, Marlene Slotin has shared a comment, which I’d like to present as a separate post, in order to bring attention to […]
Where will the people go: Toronto’s Emergency Housing Program and the Limits of Canadian Social Housing Policy, 1944-1957
/15 Comments/in Jane's Walk, Long Branch, Mississauga, Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillA subsequent post is entitled: Toronto’s 1950s emergency housing: An informative, comprehensive overview by Kevin Brushett (2007) A previous post is entitled: Seeking information: Wartime and postwar housing at Small Arms Ltd. in Lakeview and elsewhere I have recently learned of a March 1, 2007 paper, in the Journal of Urban History, entitled “Where will […]
So, what did the Hosts and Hostesses do at MCHS in the early 1960s?
/2 Comments/in Autobiography Stories - G. Decarie, MCHS 2015 Reunion, Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillDo you know what the Hosts and Hostesses did at MCHS? If you do, please let us know. This post refers to a comment at an earlier post, the beginning of Graeme Decarie’s Autobiography Stories. The earlier post, that I refer to, is entitled: Chapter 1: Dick and Jane I’m devoting a separate post to […]
Additional studies regarding political events in Montreal in the 1990s
/8 Comments/in MCHS Stories, Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillUpdates A May 2017 CBC interactive webpage is entitled: “Montreal is 375 years old, but how old are its buildings?” A May 17, 2017 Montreal Gazette article is entitled: “Montreal’s history did not start 375 years ago.” [End] In previous posts I have discussed a 1993 film, The Rise and Fall of English Montreal. […]
At a post regarding Cartierville and Ville St.-Laurent history, I have added comments about the history of Ville St-Laurent
/1 Comment/in MCHS Stories, Newsletter/by Jaan PillUpdates A May 2017 CBC interactive webpage is entitled: “Montreal is 375 years old, but how old are its buildings?” A May 17, 2017 Montreal Gazette article is entitled: “Montreal’s history did not start 375 years ago.” [End] A previous post is entitled: Q & A with Graeme Decarie regarding the history of Cartierville […]
Peopling the North American City: Montreal 1840-1900 (2011)
/0 Comments/in Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillIn a previous post I’ve highlighted several books from the Toronto Public Library that I’ve borrowed after viewing a 1993 documentary entitled The Rise and Fall of English Montreal (1993). Another book about Montreal history that I’ve written a recent Comment about, and that I want to highlight in a separate post, is entitled: Peopling […]