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[–] CeruleanRuin@lemmy.world 24 points 1 year ago (5 children)

As an American I'm just assuming that road was moved to be widened and a bunch of low income housing and many blocks worth of historic buildings were demolished in the process.

[–] MostlyBirds@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Low income housing is a far better use of space than preserving "historic" buildings that are actually just out of code, poorly designed, and slowly decaying old houses that never actually had any historical significance.

The needs of people who are alive and struggling today are infinitely more important than your nostalgia for the homes of dead rich cunts.

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[–] evatronic@lemm.ee 22 points 1 year ago

Portland, Oregon did it first. And they just got rid of the freeway instead of burying it.

[–] Micha@feddit.de 22 points 1 year ago

My hometown. Looks better than the old photos ;) Come visit us!

[–] JizzmasterD@lemmy.ca 19 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I totally puked a litre of concentrated grape juice in that hot park in 1999.

Guess whose German wasn’t nearly as awesome as they thought it was…

[–] altima_neo@lemmy.zip 19 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The before reminds me of Portland. The waterfront is wasted with i5 and roads running through it.

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[–] IYeetKids@reddthat.com 15 points 1 year ago

Always love more greenery .

[–] Smacks@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago

Where are the roads? There could easily be a 15 lane highway right there!

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago

Seattle did the same thing. So much better.

[–] DennisKuester@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

Scheinbar passiert doch etwas in unseren Städten. 😊

[–] flames5123@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

I can’t wait to see Seattle’s viaduct on here when the full parks, sidewalks, and bike lanes get finished!

[–] Resonosity@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Hope Alexandria in Egypt can come to this realization some day

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This is encouraging!

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