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Repairing 'A Tear' In Downtown

Posted by: Chris Steins
Thanks to: Vince Papsidero
10 June 2003 - 7:00am

Delaware's (Ohio) new master plan envisions a landscaped, six-lane boulevard to reunify the city and promote riverfront development.

"In the 1950s,... the state built the elevated bypass parallel to the west bank of the Olentangy River. The master plan describes the bypass as 'a tear in the downtown,' and that removing it would 'provide pedestrian access to the river, create an inviting entrance to the downtown and create development opportunities."

Full Story: DELAWARE MASTER PLAN CALLS FOR BOULEVARD TO REPLACE RT. 23 BYPASS
Source: The Columbus Dispatch, June 7, 2003
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The areas where we have severe blight and indications of more blight to come are basically the same as they ever were. How in the world are we ever going to move our community development selves into an alternative future that thinks differently about the challenges we face in our cities and low-income suburban and rural communities?
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