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Article #2039Re: Exhibit on DC's Interstates at Union Station in Washington DC
From: Oscar Voss
Date: Tue, 02 May 2006 01:45
Date: Tue, 02 May 2006 01:45
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<mayersamuels@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:1146528291.401019.92970@y43g2000cwc.googlegroups.com... > Hi all, > > To commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Interstate Highway System, > there is a new exhibit in the West Hall of Union Station on the history > of DC's freeways, built and unbuilt. > > I went there today. They have many pictures of freeway construction > and some pictures of plans for some of the unconstructed freeways. > > In the center there is a huge model for the proposed, but never > constucted Barney Circle Freeway link between I-395 and DC 295 in > Southeast DC. > > If you are in the area, it is definitely worth a look. Beat me to the post. I work two blocks from Union Station, saw the exhibit at lunch last Friday. One other prominent feature in the exhibit was lots of photos of various anti-freeway protests -- "no white men's roads through black men's homes" (IIRC), etc. -- to help explain all the freeway cancellations shown elsewhere in the exhibit. -- Oscar Voss - ovoss@erols.com - Arlington, Virginia my Hot Springs and Highways pages: http://users.erols.com/ovoss/
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