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A Century Ago, A Series Of Skews And Slants For Streets
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A Century Ago, A Series Of Skews And Slants For Streets

Harry K. investigates the rationale and planning for Benjamin Franklin Parkway over a century ago, as well as a series of other unrealized diagonal streets that were proposed, in a calculated, efficient way, to add European sophistication and cultural grandeur to the city


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