Re Philadelphia smears Crisco on lampposts to deter Super Bowl fans. How did we come to this? | Cities | The Guardian

["Dave Farber" <farber () gmail com>]

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> From: Ross Stapleton-Gray <ross.stapletongray () gmail com>
> Date: February 2, 2018 at 12:30:54 PM EST
> To: DAVID FARBER <dave () farber net>
> Subject: Re: [IP] Re Philadelphia smears Crisco on lampposts to deter Super Bowl fans. How did we come to this? | 
> Cities | The Guardian
>
> There might be a helpful analog in how Detroit has dealt with "Devil's Night" as a phenomenon. When I was a kid, 
> growing up in the Detroit 'burbs, the night before Halloween was when you'd TP the neighbors' houses, soap their 
> windows, and otherwise commit mild-grade mayhem. At some point, in the City, it evolved to arson, with hundreds of 
> fires set that night each year. That led to the creation of an "Angel's Night" community response, and it sounds like 
> there's been a serious decline in arson events. I don't know as anywhere else in the country observes a comparable 
> "pre-Halloween" tradition (and in the case of Detroit, I would guess that the collapsing economy, producing abandoned 
> houses, was a contributor to the arson phase).
>
> At least one book was written on Devil's Night: https://www.amazon.com/Devils-Night-Other-Tales-Detroit/dp/0804171408
>
> And Wikipedia discusses: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devil%27s_Night
>
> Ross
>
> Stapleton-Gray & Associates, Inc.
> Albany, CA
>
>
> > > On Fri, Feb 2, 2018 at 8:41 AM, Dave Farber <farber () gmail com> wrote:
> > >
> > > https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2018/feb/01/super-bowl-sunday-fans-attack-cities-minneapolis-philadelphia-eagles-patriots-nfl-football?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+main+NEW+H+categories&utm_term=262610&subid=3180097&CMP=EMCNEWEML6619I2
> > >
> > > Philadelphia smears Crisco on lampposts to deter Super Bowl fans. How did we come to this?
> > > From the City of Brotherly Love’s ‘lamp-post challenge’ to Auckland’s street riots, passionate sport fans don’t 
> > > always behave – so how do cities keep them in check?



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