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Before & After. The death of American beauty.

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The destruction of close knit communities for massive highways.

The American way.

How on earth do so many beautiful buildings get tossed it's criminal!

Highways. It’s ALWAYS for the ginormous highways.

Build it AROUND the beautiful buildings!

Humble horse in sight

just noticed that! thanks for pointing it out

Wow! What a big difference! How can we get back to those times? 🥲

A big reason for this is R1 zoning laws.

There are lots more videos about this now, but this was the first I saw.

Maybe not directly responsible for the OP photo- but highly relevant!

!!! yup and insurance companies don’t like insuring business/apartment complexes anymore.

highways contributed to the destruction, zoning laws made sure we couldn’t go back

Communism

What

The ugly new architecture is reminiscent of the Soviet era architecture. It’s soulless.