Thanks gv, that was especially helpful to a furriner.

The picture of the library looks like a scene from the walking dead!

At the moment we're at capacity but we could swing by Detroit for building supplies.

I caught the end of a NPR story last week on abandoned buildings being scrapped out and the metal being shipped to China. From here that does not look like an efficient or sustainable model for development.

Good idea, but Big V is going to have to clean a truckload of old bricks! ;)

Although I'm not sure how much I trust this source:

http://www.informationliberation.com/?id=44556

the Detroit News has picked it up too. Not just a cut and paste of the other story.