Wally
Wally SuperDork
10/21/10 10:26 a.m.

We've been voted the best African burial ground turned in to a bus depot by the Village Voice.

http://www.villagevoice.com/bestof/2010/award/best-african-burial-ground-turned-into-a-bus-depot-2167684/

Best African Burial Ground Turned Into a Bus Depot - 2010 an MTA bus depot in Harlem The African Burial Ground near Foley Square is now a national park, treated with great reverence and respect. But what is not very well known is that there's another burial ground underneath an MTA bus depot in Harlem. Activists became concerned when this first became known, as the MTA was digging to build new ramps for the Willis Avenue Bridge, at First Avenue between 126th and 127th. According to a task force organized at the Elmendorf Reformed Church, which owned the location, there are ancient records showing that whites and blacks were buried there, and that the whites were dug up and moved elsewhere—but the blacks never were. The MTA is investigating the site for the possibility of remains, but activists fear—much as things unfolded downtown at the sister burial ground, or at the World Trade Center, where a 200-year-old ship was recently damaged during construction—that in its haste, the agency may disturb or destroy the remains of the deceased.

pinchvalve
pinchvalve SuperDork
10/21/10 10:40 a.m.

Ahhhh, what could happen?

integraguy
integraguy Dork
10/21/10 11:25 a.m.

"....activists fear....the agency may disturb or destroy the remains of the deceased."

Doesn't the act of digging around in a graveyard "disturb" the remains?

Doesn't time, not to mention having a building constructed on top of a gravesite disturb and perhaps destroy remains?

I know I sound heartless, but to me, your body is just flesh and bones after the spirit leaves it. While I don't want my grave dis-respected, I'm not going to go Poltergeist if it is.

By the way, one of my favorite movies, I couldn't watch the scene where the guy rips his face off....ugh.

914Driver
914Driver SuperDork
10/21/10 11:29 a.m.

You've seen Poltergeist, right?

cwh
cwh SuperDork
10/21/10 6:36 p.m.

Some of the many reasons why I will be cremated. Arrgghh.

Appleseed
Appleseed SuperDork
10/21/10 9:12 p.m.

You've seen Pet Cemetery, right?

RoosterSauce
RoosterSauce New Reader
10/21/10 9:18 p.m.

You've seen Buffy The Vampire Slayer, right?

turboswede
turboswede SuperDork
10/21/10 9:26 p.m.

You've seen Night of the Living Dead, right?

You've seen Idiocracy, Right?

jefmed2
jefmed2 New Reader
10/21/10 9:50 p.m.

I saw where it was going, Right?

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