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Can Burying Urban Highways Undo Decades of Racial Inequity?

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A growing “cap-and-cover” movement could replace urban highways with parks and real estate—and reverse decades of racial and class divisions in the process.

Andy Hirschfeld
Andy Hirschfeld
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Andy Hirschfeld

Andy Hirschfeld

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