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minus-squarehansolo@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up90·1 month agoAnd Los Angeles building the Santa Monica Freeway.
minus-squareBotzo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up69·1 month agoAnd St. Paul, MN for interstate 94.
minus-squareTm12@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up46·1 month agoThe Dunsmuir Viaduct in Vancouver, BC https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hogan's_Alley,_Vancouver
minus-squareMedic8teMe@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up37·1 month agoHalifax, Nova Scotia. Demolished a black community for a bridge. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Africville
minus-squareViking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·1 month agoOk, that’s it! I’m never enjoying architecture, engineering, landscaping, or roadways in North America again! Joking aside, it IS really fucked up that all of that was allowed to not just be done, but then forgotten!
minus-squarefartographer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 month agoIt’s not perfect, but Austin, TX did an almost okay-ish job protecting Blackland. It’s not great, but it’s a symbol of what the tiniest amount of progress can look like.
minus-squareRetroLemmings@retrolemmy.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month ago The neighborhood was originally known as Blackland and was settled by Swedish immigrants
minus-squarebagelberger@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoBrooklyn neighborhood in Charlotte, NC, which is now mostly just parking lots
minus-squareyyyesss?@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 month agoNashville’s i65 on the North West
minus-squaresangriaferret@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up29·1 month agoI-10 in New Orleans
And Los Angeles building the Santa Monica Freeway.
And St. Paul, MN for interstate 94.
St. Louis arch
The Dunsmuir Viaduct in Vancouver, BC https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hogan's_Alley,_Vancouver
Halifax, Nova Scotia. Demolished a black community for a bridge.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Africville
Ok, that’s it! I’m never enjoying architecture, engineering, landscaping, or roadways in North America again!
Joking aside, it IS really fucked up that all of that was allowed to not just be done, but then forgotten!
It’s not perfect, but Austin, TX did an almost okay-ish job protecting Blackland. It’s not great, but it’s a symbol of what the tiniest amount of progress can look like.
Brooklyn neighborhood in Charlotte, NC, which is now mostly just parking lots
Nashville’s i65 on the North West
I-10 in New Orleans