If you look at some of the housing built in the 20’s-40’s there are some gorgeous mansions clearly built by the 1%. The workmanship in them is breathtaking. Within a decade they’ll be burned out shells used as drug dens.
It’s heartbreaking in a way.
It is true. When it comes to woodworking and craftsmanship of plaster, masonry, glass, etc. you could not afford to build some of those houses today they way they were built back in the early 20th century.
Unfortunately, most have been stripped of anything of value, starting with the copper.
>>If you look at some of the housing built in the 20’s-40’s there are some gorgeous mansions clearly built by the 1%. The workmanship in them is breathtaking. Within a decade they’ll be burned out shells used as drug dens. It’s heartbreaking in a way.<<
Heartbreaking indeed. My grandparents owned two adjacent homes in Detroit (sidebar: The rumor is that grandma was involved in the underground railroad, and I always believed it because I played in a dirt tunnel that connected the 2 homes, but that’s beside the point). These homes — not just grandma’s — truly were breathtakingly beautiful. Of course, part of the reason they are being sold dirt cheap is because most of them already ARE burned out drug dens and squatter homes.
Of all the crap that is Detroit now, I think the state of these homes is what gets me the most...hence, why your post touched me.
Even if I could track down grandma’s homes, I wouldn’t give a thin dime to the PTB for them — I’ve already paid my dues, including part of the heart and soul, to the communist monsters who have destroyed my home town.
Anything of value is already gone, I’m sure.
I have a giant cast iron and copper tub that was salvaged from Detroit in my bathroom. Weighs north of 1,500lbs.
I got it for $150. Shipping cost $375.