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The Battle of Beech Hall

Accession number: 
1981.0019
Production Years: 
1981

Languages:

Length (minutes): 
28
Holding Institutions: 

McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario: 16mm.

Bibliography: 

University of Waterloo Audiovisual Services Catalog.
"When politicians in Toronto's borough of York decided to 'phase out' Beech Hall, York's only subsidized apartment complex for senior citizens, the residents, many in their eighties and nineties, refused to be moved. The film chronicles how residents, assisted by local advocacy groups, waged a successful campaign to save their community and preserve their self-respect and independence."