As a society, we often can’t see ourselves in the villains of our history books. Back then was a less enlightened era, we tell ourselves: a more prejudiced one, a more shortsighted or naïve one. The things they did we would surely never do today, because we’ve learned. Right?

Maybe in some cases, but not in the case of the freeway builders.

 

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