{"id":12540,"date":"2012-12-11T12:00:21","date_gmt":"2012-12-11T16:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingatlantic.ca\/?p=12540"},"modified":"2013-01-21T04:57:17","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T08:57:17","slug":"urban-planet-detroit-packard-plant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/atlantic\/2012\/12\/11\/urban-planet-detroit-packard-plant\/","title":{"rendered":"Urban Planet: Detroit Packard plant"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><object id=\"flashObj\" width=\"600\" height=\"337\" classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\"><param name=\"flashVars\" value=\"omnitureAccountID=gpaper204,gntbcstglobal&amp;pageContentCategory=VIDEONETWORK&amp;pageContentSubcategory=VIDEONETWORK&amp;marketName=Detroit:freep&amp;revSciSeg=&amp;revSciZip=&amp;revSciAge=&amp;revSciGender=&amp;division=newspaper&amp;SSTSCode=video\/news&amp;videoId=2003420229001&amp;playerID=1659454159001&amp;playerKey=AQ~~,AAAACEbKtKE~,hMlwOmT8XTDrtff1uzYD3M5bENmR4RfZ&amp;domain=embed&amp;dynamicStreaming=true\" \/><param name=\"base\" value=\"http:\/\/admin.brightcove.com\" \/><param name=\"seamlesstabbing\" value=\"false\" \/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"swLiveConnect\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowScriptAccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/c.brightcove.com\/services\/viewer\/federated_f9?isVid=1&amp;isUI=1\" \/><param name=\"flashvars\" value=\"omnitureAccountID=gpaper204,gntbcstglobal&amp;pageContentCategory=VIDEONETWORK&amp;pageContentSubcategory=VIDEONETWORK&amp;marketName=Detroit:freep&amp;revSciSeg=&amp;revSciZip=&amp;revSciAge=&amp;revSciGender=&amp;division=newspaper&amp;SSTSCode=video\/news&amp;videoId=2003420229001&amp;playerID=1659454159001&amp;playerKey=AQ~~,AAAACEbKtKE~,hMlwOmT8XTDrtff1uzYD3M5bENmR4RfZ&amp;domain=embed&amp;dynamicStreaming=true\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"swliveconnect\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"pluginspage\" value=\"http:\/\/www.macromedia.com\/shockwave\/download\/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash\" \/><embed id=\"flashObj\" width=\"600\" height=\"337\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" src=\"http:\/\/c.brightcove.com\/services\/viewer\/federated_f9?isVid=1&amp;isUI=1\" flashVars=\"omnitureAccountID=gpaper204,gntbcstglobal&amp;pageContentCategory=VIDEONETWORK&amp;pageContentSubcategory=VIDEONETWORK&amp;marketName=Detroit:freep&amp;revSciSeg=&amp;revSciZip=&amp;revSciAge=&amp;revSciGender=&amp;division=newspaper&amp;SSTSCode=video\/news&amp;videoId=2003420229001&amp;playerID=1659454159001&amp;playerKey=AQ~~,AAAACEbKtKE~,hMlwOmT8XTDrtff1uzYD3M5bENmR4RfZ&amp;domain=embed&amp;dynamicStreaming=true\" base=\"http:\/\/admin.brightcove.com\" seamlesstabbing=\"false\" allowFullScreen=\"true\" swLiveConnect=\"true\" allowScriptAccess=\"always\" flashvars=\"omnitureAccountID=gpaper204,gntbcstglobal&amp;pageContentCategory=VIDEONETWORK&amp;pageContentSubcategory=VIDEONETWORK&amp;marketName=Detroit:freep&amp;revSciSeg=&amp;revSciZip=&amp;revSciAge=&amp;revSciGender=&amp;division=newspaper&amp;SSTSCode=video\/news&amp;videoId=2003420229001&amp;playerID=1659454159001&amp;playerKey=AQ~~,AAAACEbKtKE~,hMlwOmT8XTDrtff1uzYD3M5bENmR4RfZ&amp;domain=embed&amp;dynamicStreaming=true\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" swliveconnect=\"true\" pluginspage=\"http:\/\/www.macromedia.com\/shockwave\/download\/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/feature-urban-planet.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"63\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The video tells the story of Detroit&#8217;s Packard plant. 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