When NYS Electric and Gas was intent on building a nuke on Cayuga lake a
bunch of old ladies got together to fight it (including Doris Brown). the
suits were so confident they agreed to put everything back the way it was if
the plant wasn't built. They were suprised at how much it cost. Maybe locals
should request the same of wall home staples. Another thing I learned from
my parents was that paying a little more was not so bad. My dad never
stepped in the Pyramid Mall in Lansing NY. Next to it is now a ghost HO JO
Does anyone know about restoring those plastic roofs?
-----Original Message-----
From: Dan Becker <[log in to unmask]>
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Date: Tuesday, March 02, 1999 4:23 PM
Subject: FW: Re: "history isn't Wal Mart"


>Maura wrote -
><<Get real.  Once built, the fields will NEVER be reclaimed.  All the crap
>that goes along with Wal-Mart development -- including long-term public
>investments like water and sewer lines -- guarantee it, regardless if the
>box carries Wal-Mart's name or not.>>
>
>Sorry; I didn't say they WOULD be reclaimed - just that they could.
>Everything from swamps (Environmentalists in CT are reclaiming swampland -
>piping, drainage ditches etc being removed - to bring back the fish & birds
to
>eat the mosquitoes that eat the people) to our own historic treasures.
>You are right - the long term public investments in time, money and
>infrastructure can not be reclaimed. I don't know very communities willing
or
>capable of financing involved.
>
>Here's a suggestion:  What if any construction project over a certain
square
>footage were required to leave a site the way they found it? Sort of like
>replanting trees after strip mining or burying the landfills? Of couse this
>would have to go for the those bigbox industrial parks as well as the
>Wallmarts, shopping malls and theme parks.
>
>Candy B
>