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These three DC neighborhoods almost became freeway-oriented suburbia

Planners in the 1950s wanted to replace large swaths of central Washington with freeways. Canceling those plans saved the city not just from the freeways themselves, but also from an equally stunning plan to demolish thousands more blocks alongside said freeways and “renew” them with a suburban landscape of strip malls, office campuses, and apartment towers.
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Here's how U Street almost became strip malls and office parks – Greater Greater Washington

Planners in the 1950s wanted to replace large swaths of central Washington with freeways. Canceling those plans saved the city not just from the freeways themselves, but also from an equally stunning plan to demolish thousands more blocks alongside said freeways and “renew” them with a suburban landscape of strip malls, office campuses, and apartment towers.
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Source: ggwash.org

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FOXNEWS Outnumbered June 8, 2021 16:34:00

Answer the questions like, what is happening with the violence in america? can we go congressperson by congressperson and talk about defunding the police and get honest answers. you know ilhan omar came from a refugee camp and she has seen things that are honestly hard to even imagine in terms of suffering and fear. so chicago is on fire right now with shootings and children are getting caught up in the spirit we will continue, say his name. look at what is going on to this country, our major ci...
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Living On the Edge: Why We're Attracted to Places Where the Manmade Abuts the Natural

This article was originally published on Common Edge as "Living on the Edge." I am on the edge. Not emotionally or psychologically—although this could be the case—but literally, physically, spatially, geographically. As I write this, I am sitting on the balcony of a hotel room in Miami Beach, overlooking the Atlantic Ocean. Behind me is the whole State of Florida and, indeed, the entire North American continent. In front of me: the boardwalk, a narrow beach, and then a lot of water—and no...
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