Freeways, suburbanization and malls were concepts sold as part of the American dream when they were introduced in the 1950s. Some architects and design critics say these innovations were actually vehicles of segregation that destroyed communities of colour and further separated them from white America.
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The Role of Highways in American Poverty - The Atlantic
Racism has shaped public transit, and it's riddled with inequities, Kinder Institute for Urban Research
Interstate highways were touted as modern marvels. Racial injustice was part of the plan.
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Highway revolution: the politics of India's rapid road-building programme - Architectural Review
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Could the US highways that split communities on racial lines
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