2010/10/20 John F. Eldredge <j...@jfeldredge.com>: > I am not aware of any location in the USA (or anywhere else in the world, for > that matter) where a downtown was torn down for fear of riots. There are a > few cities where large numbers of buildings have been abandoned by their > former owners because of the collapse of the local economy, after the primary > employer went out of business, but that is not the same thing.
detroit? http://maps.google.it/maps?hl=de&q=detroit&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Detroit,+Wayne+County,+Michigan-Territorium,+Vereinigte+Staaten&gl=it&ei=_U2_TNDkIKWU4gbKpfi4AQ&sqi=2&ved=0CBwQ8gEwAA&ll=42.330076,-83.034947&spn=0.001674,0.005284&t=k&z=18 have a look at the first picture here: http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=4&ved=0CCIQFjAD&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diercke.de%2Fbilder%2Fomeda%2F1_3_2007_sek1_detroit1.pdf&rct=j&q=downtown%20stadtumbau%2060er%20jahre&ei=W1C_TJvhHsugOs3AlSw&usg=AFQjCNHZXgx9cT9rnMlPRCENaa6b6YG4Rw&cad=rja even in Paris huge amounts of the old city were tore down in the 19th century There are other examples, those are the most famous... cheers, Martin _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
