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Here in Raleigh, NC, Wade Ave was paved through Oberlin Village: https://www.newsobserver.com/opinion/article237167884.html https://www.newsobserver.com/opinio
by js2 6y ago
Here in Raleigh, NC, Wade Ave was paved through Oberlin Village:
https://www.newsobserver.com/opinion/article237167884.html https://www.newsobserver.com/opinion/article237167884.html
Many other examples:
https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2016/03/role-of-highways-in-american-poverty/474282/ https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2016/03/role-of...
https://www.dispatch.com/in-depth/lifestyle/2020/12/03/black-columbus-ohio-homes-impact-highways-east-side/3629685001/ https://www.dispatch.com/in-depth/lifestyle/2020/12/03/black...
https://catalyst.independent.org/2020/04/02/how-the-u-s-government-destroyed-black-neighborhoods/ https://catalyst.independent.org/2020/04/02/how-the-u-s-gove...
https://www.facingsouth.org/2020/06/bitter-history-behind-highways-occupied-protesters https://www.facingsouth.org/2020/06/bitter-history-behind-hi...
https://archive.thinkprogress.org/top-infrastructure-official-explains-how-america-used-highways-to-destroy-black-neighborhoods-96c1460d1962/ https://archive.thinkprogress.org/top-infrastructure-officia...
https://marketurbanismreport.com/blog/urban-renewals-shameful-legacy-destruction-of-black-communities https://marketurbanismreport.com/blog/urban-renewals-shamefu...
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- wlesieutre 6y agoNew Haven’s https://downtowncrossingnewhaven.com/history/ https://downtowncrossingnewhaven.com/history/ It's that joke about how real estate developments are named things like "Shady Grove" after whatever they destroyed to build it, but taken one step further. Cut down the trees and name the neighborhood after them, then cut down Oak Street and name a highway after it.
- wololo 6y ago"Wade" Ave... as in Wade Hampton III?
- js2 6y ago> The road is named after Stacy Wilson Wade. He was the North Carolina Secretary of State from 1933 to 1936. He was also a member of the Board of Trustees for North Carolina State University. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wade_Avenue https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wade_Avenue Fun tidbit: there's a house along the road that is not what it appears to be: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QobxnFYhMos https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QobxnFYhMos