Community Protests Against Anti-Sprawl Plan

New apartment development draws protest from community in Philadelphia's Main Line suburb.

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November 30, 2001, 1:00 PM PST

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech

Many in the local community a planned apartment building in the Main Line suburb. The 253 unit complex would be located next to a commuter train station." Though the urbanization of the suburbs has been under way for years, it remains a hard idea for many people to accept. They still define the suburbs as a place of big houses on big lots. Then they complain about sprawl, automobile congestion, and the loss of open space."

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Read the full story: Anti-sprawl plan draws protests in L. Merion

Friday, November 30, 2001 in The Philadelphia Inquirer

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