Dallas Debates the Fate of a Downtown Highway That Divided the City
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A section of Interstate 70 is demolished in Denver, Colorado, in 2021.
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In the new book City Limits, journalist and CityLab contributor Megan Kimble uses the Texas cities of Austin, Dallas and Houston to tell the story of how urban highways built through cities in the postwar era tore apart communities and accelerated inequality, and asks what the future holds for them. In Dallas, Kimble follows the campaign to tear down Interstate 345 — an elevated highway on the eastern edge of the downtown loop — and the urban planner behind it:
Read the full excerpt today on CityLab: Plotting the Death of a Texas Highway