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The Cities We Destroyed

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Documenting the cities we gave up for freeways, stroads, and parking lots. Tag for a RT

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"Disemboweling a dozen communities along the way," writes Robert Caro, the Cross Bronx displaced over 60,000. With many Jewish, Irish, & Italian immigrants, Puerto Ricans, & African Americans, the neighborhoods destroyed "were among the most racially integrated in the country."

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Main Street in Ellicott City, Maryland looks pretty similar to what it did at the turn of the century. Except the cars uglify the streetscape. As usual.

Main Street in Ellicott City, Maryland looks pretty similar to what it did at the turn of the century.

Except the cars uglify the streetscape.

As usual.
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Pushed by 90% fed. financing from the '56 Hwy Bill, planners gouged highways through cities across the nation. In Boston, the Charles River Esplanade was divided from the city to provide for suburban commuters—suburbs at the time restricted to "only those of the Caucasian race."

Pushed by 90% fed. financing from the '56 Hwy Bill, planners gouged highways through cities across the nation. In Boston, the Charles River Esplanade was divided from the city to provide for suburban commuters—suburbs at the time restricted to "only those of the Caucasian race."