{"id":1824,"date":"2007-04-27T12:33:55","date_gmt":"2007-04-27T16:33:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingtoronto.ca\/?p=1824"},"modified":"2007-04-27T12:39:01","modified_gmt":"2007-04-27T16:39:01","slug":"detroit-slumpy-makes-you-feel-good-about-toronto-for-a-bit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2007\/04\/27\/detroit-slumpy-makes-you-feel-good-about-toronto-for-a-bit\/","title":{"rendered":"Detroit Slumpy makes you feel good about Toronto for a bit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.detroitfunk.com\/imagecopyrighted\/APR07\/DSC_9891.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Windsor blog <a href=\"http:\/\/internationalmetropolis.com\/?p=370\">International Metropolis<\/a> and Detroit blog <a href=\"http:\/\/www.detroitfunk.com\/2007\/04\/10\/and_all_the_kings_men.htm\">Detroit Funk<\/a> have had an ongoing wager to see who will capture &#8220;the fall&#8221; of the historic Livingston House facade in Detroit &#8212; aka &#8220;Slumpy.&#8221; William Livingston was born nearby in Dundas, Ontario, in 1844 but later moved to Detroit, became a tycoon, and built this house in Brush Park, the Rosedale of Detroit. After a slow and painful decline, the facade recently fell. Click on both the above links and check out the extensive documentation of this majestic house on those two great blogs &#8212; and check <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/southofbloor\/94593350\/in\/set-72057594062236846\/\">these photos<\/a> taken by Toronto architect Scott Weir in the early 1980s of the house in its original location and in better condition.<\/p>\n<p>Occasional glimpses of stuff like this can help us appreciate Toronto a bit more, where nothing comes close to matching this kind of large scale urban rot and decay. Imagine Rosedale and Forest Hill (and Parkdale, the Annex, Riverdale and &#8230;) abandoned and falling apart, and you can start to get a sense of it. Much too heartbreaking for any schadenfreude, but for a few hours at least, it can feel like there&#8217;s nothing to complain about up here.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.detroitfunk.com\/imagecopyrighted\/APR07\/DSC_9557.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>(<em>Pictures from Detroit Funk).<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Windsor blog International Metropolis and Detroit blog Detroit Funk have had an ongoing wager to see who will capture &#8220;the fall&#8221; of the historic Livingston House facade in Detroit &#8212; aka &#8220;Slumpy.&#8221; William Livingston was born nearby in Dundas, Ontario, in 1844 but later moved to Detroit, became a tycoon, and built this house in<a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2007\/04\/27\/detroit-slumpy-makes-you-feel-good-about-toronto-for-a-bit\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"sr-only\">&#8220;Detroit Slumpy makes you feel good about Toronto for a bit&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4004,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[22,24],"tags":[368,854,3311,851,636,21,5548,19,5549,853],"class_list":["post-1824","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-architecture","category-history","tag-architect","tag-detroit","tag-dundas","tag-forest-hill","tag-ontario","tag-other-cities","tag-scott-weir","tag-toronto","tag-william-livingston","tag-windsor"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.5 - 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