Optional@lemmy.world to Microblog Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoSeneca Villagelemmy.worldimagemessage-square172linkfedilinkarrow-up11.72Karrow-down112file-textcross-posted to: [email protected]
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minus-squareTm12@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up47·2 months agoThe Dunsmuir Viaduct in Vancouver, BC https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hogan's_Alley,_Vancouver
minus-squareMedic8teMe@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up38·2 months agoHalifax, Nova Scotia. Demolished a black community for a bridge. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Africville
minus-squareViking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·2 months agoOk, that’s it! I’m never enjoying architecture, engineering, landscaping, or roadways in North America again! Joking aside, it IS really fucked up that all of that was allowed to not just be done, but then forgotten!
minus-squarefartographer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 months agoIt’s not perfect, but Austin, TX did an almost okay-ish job protecting Blackland. It’s not great, but it’s a symbol of what the tiniest amount of progress can look like.
minus-squareRetroLemmings@retrolemmy.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months ago The neighborhood was originally known as Blackland and was settled by Swedish immigrants
minus-squarebagelberger@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoBrooklyn neighborhood in Charlotte, NC, which is now mostly just parking lots
St. Louis arch
The Dunsmuir Viaduct in Vancouver, BC https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hogan's_Alley,_Vancouver
Halifax, Nova Scotia. Demolished a black community for a bridge.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Africville
Ok, that’s it! I’m never enjoying architecture, engineering, landscaping, or roadways in North America again!
Joking aside, it IS really fucked up that all of that was allowed to not just be done, but then forgotten!
It’s not perfect, but Austin, TX did an almost okay-ish job protecting Blackland. It’s not great, but it’s a symbol of what the tiniest amount of progress can look like.
Brooklyn neighborhood in Charlotte, NC, which is now mostly just parking lots