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...highway in the sky”—known now as the Central Artery—in part through the city’s Chinatown district. The swathe of destruction that construction of the highway brought with it was enormous: throughout the city, over 1,000 structures were demolished??displacing 20,000 people. Chinatown lost churches, public buildings and residences in the construction of an on-ramp. According to Chinatown activist, 300 families were displaced in the seizure of the land in Chinatown, and complaints have been raised for decades that the compensation provided to those families...

Author: By The CRIMSON Staff, | Title: A Fair Deal for Chinatown | 5/5/2003 | See Source »

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