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Author    Post   Dave Starr F L I N T O I D I was told by a friend that a city employee working in demolition said Civic Park had been removed from the National Register of Historical Places. He said this was done because no houses in the area could be demolished as long as the area was considered historical. True? _________________ I used to care, but I take a pill for that now. Pushing buttons sure can be fun. When a lion wants to go somewhere, he doesn’t worry about how many hyenas are in the way. Paddle faster, I hear banjos. Thu Jun 30, 2011 8:16 am  untanglingwebs El Supremo Civic Park Historic District In 1916, as a flood of new workers for Flint's automobile factories caused housing shortages, the directors of Flint's Board of Commerce formed the Civic Building Association. The association had built 133 houses on four hundred acres of farmland by December 1917, when a slump in the automobile industry and World War I slowed construction. After the 1918 Armistice, General Motors Corporation agreed to complete the project. The Dupont Corporation, General Motors' controlling shareholder, organized the Modern House Corporation and added 280 acres and constructed 950 homes in less than nine months. At the peak of construction, Dupont employed forty-six hundred people. Postwar house prices ranged from $3,500 to $8,000. A typical home had five or six rooms, a slate roof, an open porch and a basement. Curved streets, planned park areas and tree-lined boulevards added to the attractiveness of the community. Registered Site S0543 Erected 1982 Location: Welch and Brownell Flint, Genesee County It is still listed as a historic site on the City web site. My understanding is that it is a lengthy and arduous task to remove historic sites. Demolition may like to state that because they have demolished some historic homes near Haskill. Thu Jun 30, 2011 8:47 am  Dave Starr F L I N T O I D The demo guy said that they couldn't tear down any houses in the area until the historical designation was removed. _________________ I used to care, but I take a pill for that now. Pushing buttons sure can be fun. When a lion wants to go somewhere, he doesn’t worry about how many hyenas are in the way. Paddle faster, I hear banjos. Thu Jun 30, 2011 11:44 am    Display posts from previous:   All Posts1 Day7 Days2 Weeks1 Month3 Months6 Months1 Year Oldest FirstNewest First

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