Katharine,
I apologize for my kneejerk reaction ... I lived in Detroit and the
immediately surrounding area for more than 20 years, and the near total
destruction of what was until 1970 the 5th largest city in the USA is
truly appalling. And it has all occurred in my lifetime ...
Mark
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Mark C. Branstner, RPA, AARP
Senior Historical Archaeologist
Illinois State Archaeological Survey
Prairie Research Institute
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
209 Nuclear Physics Lab, MC-571
23 East Stadium Drive
Champaign, IL 61820
Phone: 217.244.0892
Fax: 217.244.7458
Cell: 217.549.6990
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"The difference between genius and idiocy? Genius has its limits." --
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On 2/27/14 11:27 AM, "Katharine Watson"
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>My apologies, I did not take the time to look at the numbers involved.
>On Feb 27, 2014 5:52 PM, "Branstner, Mark C" <[log in to unmask]>
>wrote:
>
>> Unless Christchurch looks like Dresden, or perhaps Stalingrad during the
>> summer of 1945, the comparison borders on the silly. Detroit is a city
>>of
>> 143 square miles with literally tens of square miles of vacant and/or
>> profound desolation. The population in 1950 was 1.85 million; in 2010,
>>it
>> was down by over one million, to 0.7 million. The scale of this
>> devastation cannot be compared to anything that I am aware of in the
>> Western world. And I really don't think that I am exaggerating.
>> ___________________________________
>>
>> Mark C. Branstner, RPA, AARP
>> Senior Historical Archaeologist
>>
>> Illinois State Archaeological Survey
>> Prairie Research Institute
>> University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
>> 209 Nuclear Physics Lab, MC-571
>> 23 East Stadium Drive
>> Champaign, IL 61820
>>
>> Phone: 217.244.0892
>> Fax: 217.244.7458
>> Cell: 217.549.6990
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>>
>> "The difference between genius and idiocy? Genius has its limits." --
>> Albert Einstein
>>
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>> On 2/26/14 10:36 PM, "Brenna" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>> >I think the scale and the nature of the resources makes the situation
>>in
>> >Detroit quite a bit different than Christchurch (though I'm sure there
>> >are parallels which would be interesting to discuss).
>> >
>> >There are preservationists and archaeologists on the ground trying to
>> >document what we can.
>> >
>> >The Michigan Historic Preservation Network has completed a very
>>ambitious
>> >mapping project:
>> >
>>
>>http://nextcity.org/sharedcity/entry/why-preservationists-are-mapping-det
>>r
>> >oits-historic-layer
>> >
>> >And at Wayne State University we are working on a number of
>> >archaeological projects, including the collections-based Unearthing
>> >Detroit project, in an attempt to deepen our understanding of the
>>city's
>> >archaeological record:
>> >https://m.facebook.com/profile.php?id=570898859653425
>> >
>> >Still, there is much work to be done!
>> >
>> >Sent from my iPhone
>> >
>> >> On Feb 26, 2014, at 10:15 PM, Katharine Watson
>> >><[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> A bit like Christchurch, New Zealand, albeit for different reasons -
>> >>and we
>> >> are getting to record the pre-1900 buildings, and to look at the
>> >> below-ground archaeology on pre-1900 sites.
>> >> Cheers,
>> >> Katharine
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>> On Thu, Feb 27, 2014 at 2:51 PM, <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> Wow, the amount of lost architecture history, not to mention
>> >>>archaeology,
>> >>> will be tremendous. 450 homes per week to be demolished.
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> http://money.msn.com/business-news/article.aspx?feed=AP&date=20140226&id
>> >>>=173
>> >>> 87943
>> >>> Mike Polk
>> >>> Sagebrush Consultants, a wholly owned subsidiary of Commonwealth
>> >>>Cultural
>> >>> Resources Group, Inc.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> Katharine Watson
>> >> Underground Overground Archaeology Ltd
>> >> P.O. Box 388
>> >> Christchurch 8140
>> >>
>> >> 027 656 3985
>> >>
>> >> <https://www.facebook.com/UnderOverArch>
>>
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