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Originally Posted by hipster duck
Another issue I have is that the right of way left over by the demolished freeway often gets taken up by a rather expansive arterial road, dressed up as a "boulevard", but really just another traffic funnel.
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milwaukee ripped down an underused expressway spur that cut across the northern edge of its downtown and replaced it with one of those boulevard-style replacements. yes, it's definitely less obtrusive/more elegant than the elevated expressway it replaced, but it's still essentially just a slower-paced auto-sewer.
it doesn't help matters that the vast majority of the land freed up by the expressway demolition that was supposed to be redeveloped in an urban fashion is still sitting vacant as a big hole in the city fabric over 10 years later. maybe someday in the far off future when all of the land has been redeveloped the area will feel more normal.
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