*Davis, Mike. 2021. 𝑩𝒆𝒕𝒘𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝑪𝒂𝒕𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒐𝒑𝒉𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑹𝒆𝒗𝒐𝒍𝒖𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 : 𝑬𝒔𝒔𝒂𝒚𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝑯𝒐𝒏𝒐𝒓 𝒐𝒇 𝑴𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝑫𝒂𝒗𝒊𝒔. Edited by Daniel Bertrand Monk and Michael Sorkin. New York: OR Books.
I expect when the final toll is calculated we will discover that the loss of the parks and historic buildings will rival the loss of libraries in destruction of memory.
Sickening.
So many things work against the preservation of the human record.
I know. I sometimes look at my older posts and feel such sadness.
That 2018 fire in Brazil that destroyed 20 million items at the National Museum.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Museum_of_Brazil_fire
Some books predicting and discussing LA disaster.
: *Davis, Mike. 2020. 𝑬𝒄𝒐𝒍𝒐𝒈𝒚 𝒐𝒇 𝑭𝒆𝒂𝒓 : 𝑳𝒐𝒔 𝑨𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒍𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑰𝒎𝒂𝒈𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝑫𝒊𝒔𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓. New York: Verso Books.
*Davis, Mike. 1990. 𝑪𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒐𝒇 𝑸𝒖𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒛 : 𝑬𝒙𝒄𝒂𝒗𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑭𝒖𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝑳𝒐𝒔 𝑨𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒍𝒆𝒔. London: Verso.
*Davis, Mike. 2021. 𝑩𝒆𝒕𝒘𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝑪𝒂𝒕𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒐𝒑𝒉𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑹𝒆𝒗𝒐𝒍𝒖𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 : 𝑬𝒔𝒔𝒂𝒚𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝑯𝒐𝒏𝒐𝒓 𝒐𝒇 𝑴𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝑫𝒂𝒗𝒊𝒔. Edited by Daniel Bertrand Monk and Michael Sorkin. New York: OR Books.
This is so sad.
I expect when the final toll is calculated we will discover that the loss of the parks and historic buildings will rival the loss of libraries in destruction of memory.