{"id":8591,"date":"2012-05-28T12:00:10","date_gmt":"2012-05-28T16:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingottawa.ca\/?p=8591"},"modified":"2013-01-21T09:26:24","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T14:26:24","slug":"urban-planet-san-francisco-disaster-1906","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/ottawa\/2012\/05\/28\/urban-planet-san-francisco-disaster-1906\/","title":{"rendered":"Urban Planet: San Francisco Disaster, 1906"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/ottawa\/?attachment_id=30474\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-30474\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"sanfrancisco\" src=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/sanfrancisco.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"566\" height=\"348\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/ottawa\/?attachment_id=25153\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-25153\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"feature-urban-planet\" src=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/feature-urban-planet.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"63\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Urban Planet is\u00a0a daily roundup of\u00a0\u00a0blogs from around the world dealing specifically with urban environments. We\u2019ll be on the lookout for websites outside the country that approach themes related to urban experiences and issues.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>On April 18, 1906, disaster struck San Francisco. A 7.9 magnitude earthquake ruptured the city, causing over 30 fires which destroyed approximately 25,000 buildings on 490 city blocks. An estimated 3,000 people were killed and 300,000 (of a population of 410,000) were left homeless. Survey the damage for yourself on this aerial panorama taken by George R. Lawrence. (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.retronaut.co\/2010\/04\/aerial-view-of-san-francisco-ruins-1906\/\">Retronaut<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><em>Image from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.retronaut.co\/2010\/04\/aerial-view-of-san-francisco-ruins-1906\/\">Retronaut<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><\/em><em>For more stories from around the planet, check out Spacing on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/Spacing\/111174192229238\">Facebook<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/Spacing\">Twitter<\/a>.\u00a0 Do you have an Urban Planet worthy article you&#8217;d like to share? Send the link to\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:urbanplanet@spacing.ca\">urbanplanet@spacing.ca<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Urban Planet is\u00a0a daily roundup of\u00a0\u00a0blogs from around the world dealing specifically with urban environments. We\u2019ll be on the lookout for websites outside the country that approach themes related to urban experiences and issues. On April 18, 1906, disaster struck San Francisco. 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