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I like from time to time to share reports, articles, and viewpoints from a wide range of visitors to the Preserved stories website. Such items do not necessarily represent my own views, and do not serve as my endorsement of particular viewpoints. The following text and photos – which you can enlarge by clicking on each […]
Several overviews based upon the movie American Hustle (2013) – from The New Yorker, The Daily Beast, and The Telegraph, among other sources – are available online. The IMDb overview of the film sums up the story: “A con man, Irving Rosenfeld, along with his seductive British partner, Sydney Prosser, is forced to work for a wild […]
David Juliusson has shared with us the text of a blog post at toronto.transit.on.ca entitled: “A History of Subways on Bloor and Queen streets.” [Click on the link in the previous sentence to access the post.] The opening paragraphs read: The Initial Proposals (see also Early History) As the city of Toronto developed, it took […]
I’m pleased to share with you the following message from Norm Kennedy, which has been posted as a Comment at a recent blog post: Hello Jaan; It was very interesting to read your article about my old friend David Webster. This led me to reading a number of other posts. I lived on 41st street […]
Alistair Thomson has posted some great comments regarding Long Branch (Toronto not New Jersey) at the following post: A Long Branch resident passed along to Barry Kemp this photo of the Eastwood Park Hotel To access his observations, go to the Comments at the end of the above-noted link. In a subsequent email Alistair Thomson […]
I recently spoke with two former Long Branch residents, Jim Bray and his daughter Sandy Bray, who have filled me in on details, that I was not aware of, related to the barns at the Colonel Samuel Smith homestead site. Jim Bray has also shared some comments at a couple of recent blog posts related […]
Updates An update to this post can be found here: Colleen O’Mara found the Small Arms Doors Open very crowded (great turnout!) Some time after the event I learned that the popular children’s author Eric Walters has written several novels related to history – some dealing with the Second World War – of interest to […]
The following message is from Michael Harrison: Good Morning: A report declaring the intent of the City of Toronto to designate Wesley Mimico United Church under the Ontario Heritage Act will be considered by the Toronto Preservation Board on October 3, 2013. I will be supporting the intent to designate this important Mimico landmark and […]
The Technique of Film Editing, Second Edition (1968) is a classic text by Karel Reisz and Gavin Millar that is read even now by film students. It’s a useful resource for anybody interested in how stories are put together, and how life is viewed and experienced, then and now. Because I’m currently taking a film editing […]