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Lost Flint.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Flinn, Gary.
- Series:
- Lost
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Buildings.
- Flint (Mich.)--Buildings, structures, etc--History.
- Flint (Mich.).
- Flint (Mich.)--Buildings, structures, etc--Pictorial works.
- Flint (Mich.)--History.
- Michigan--Flint.
- Genre:
- History.
- Pictorial works.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (163 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago : Arcadia Publishing Inc., 2021.
- Summary:
- The city of Flint waxed and waned with the automotive industry of the twentieth century. Where they have not vanished completely, crumbling signs of past opulence stand as painful reminders of more recent struggles. ... Local author Gary Flinn uncovers the abandoned places and lost traditions from the Vehicle City's past."--Back cover
- Contents:
- Intro
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Preface: Things Not Here Anymore
- Acknowledgements
- Part I. FLINT'S GROWTH
- How Flint Developed
- Lost to Progress
- Lost to Disasters
- Lost to Neglect
- Lost Neighborhoods to "Progress"
- The White Flight to the Suburbs
- Part II. FLINT'S DECLINE
- Lost to the University of Michigan-Flint Downtown Campus
- Lost to "Progress"
- Lost to Water Street Pavilion
- Lost to the Ill-Fated AutoWorld
- They Didn't Build High-Rises in the 1960s Like They Used To
- Lost Industry
- More Lost Industries
- Lost Media
- Lost Traditions
- Lost Schools
- Lost Hospitals
- Lost Houses of Worship
- Lost Commercial Strips
- Lost Neighborhoods
- North of Downtown: A Tale of Two Adjacent Redevelopments
- Loss of Control
- The Flint Water Crisis Aftermath
- Part III. HOPE FOR THE FUTURE
- Redeveloping Buick City
- Downtown Flint Developments
- Improvements to Berston Field House
- Communities First Offers Quality Affordable Housing
- Clark Commons Breathing New Life to Smith Village
- Appendix
- Bibliography
- About the Author.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9781439672532
- 1439672539
- OCLC:
- 1249473576
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