Comments on: Agassiz Park (p1)

By: ccexplorer

ccexplorer — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 14:11:13 +0000

I guess in all fairness I should mention that the Copper Country was already in some decline before the arrival of the Depression, but it sure as hay didn’t help matters much. It managed to kill more then a few mines that were barely holding on through the 20′s. C&H’s saving grace was its consolidation in 1923, since its mine in Calumet was running on fumes at that point.

The worse effect of the Depression was probably the mass exodus it precipitated in the area – causing a great deal of skilled workers to leave the region for good. I don’t think this area ever recovered from that loss. (I suppose Detroit had a similar problem, be it a bit later however)

By: Adam From Detroit

Adam From Detroit — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 23:29:37 +0000

the Depression put a stop to a LOT of grand plans…if any of you know the Fisher Blg in Detroit, (the “Golden Tower of the Fisher Blg” as referred to on WWJ radio), that was originally proposed to be the shortest of a 3-tower blg, the pinnacle of which was to reach 100 stories if im not mistaken…

had the Depression not happened, its possible that Detroit wouldve become the rival of NYC in size and sophistication

By: Jane Roy Brown

Jane Roy Brown — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 13:26:25 +0000

For anyone interested, here is the url for the Manning Research Project: lalh.org/manning.html

By: Jane Roy Brown

Jane Roy Brown — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 13:24:18 +0000

What an impressive essay on this place! I ran across this through a Google alert I have assigned to the name “Warren Manning,” so I can catch the occasional jewel like this that bubbles up out of cyberspace. Do you know about the Warren Manning Research Project we are operating here at the Library of American Landscape History, based in Amherst, Mass.? Please do check out the URL above for details.

Can you please let me know who is the author of this piece?

Many thanks for getting this wonderful historical analysis out into the universe.

Jane Roy Brown
Director of Educational Outreach
LALH

By: Mike

Mike — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 12:41:49 +0000

Originally the area was used for that, and over time it became a commons ground of sorts for the community. Before the formal Agassiz Park was built, there was even a ball field built there with grandstands I believe. But I could be mistaking that for another park…

By: Jay Balliet

Jay Balliet — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 18:44:38 +0000

I have many fond memories from my childhood of spending lazy summer days playing on a gym apparatus at your local park.

Seriously though, I seem to remember reading somewhere that a portion of Aggasiz Park was set aside as public pasture for the miner’s livestock. Maybe that was a precursor to it’s incarnation as Aggasiz Park though.