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  2. Ruins photography - Wikipedia

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    Ruins photography, sometimes called ruin porn, [2] is a movement in photography that takes the decay of the built environment (cities, buildings, infrastructure, etc.) as its subject. While "ruins" may be broadly defined as the remnants of human achievement (e.g. the remains of ancient Sumer or Machu Picchu ), "ruins photography" generally ...

  3. Freeway removal - Wikipedia

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    Cheonggyecheon in Seoul, South Korea was formerly the route for a major elevated highway; It was completed in 1976 and removed in 2005.. Freeway removals most often occur in cities where highways were built through dense neighborhoods - a practice common in the 20th Century, particularly in U.S. cities following the 1956 enactment of the National Interstate and Defense Highways Act. [1]

  4. The Waste Land - Wikipedia

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    The poem's final verse contains the titular line of the nursery rhyme "London Bridge Is Falling Down", showing that even with the optimism of potential rebirth the city is destined for ruin. [165] The sounds of the city accompany the passionless affair of the typist in "The Fire Sermon", linking it to sterility, [149] and its inhabitants cannot ...

  5. An icon of Detroit’s ruin is now a symbol of Motor City’s ...

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    The last train pulled out of the station in 1988, shortly before the Honda Accord became the best-selling car in America, a humbling milestone for the city and its top industry. - Rebecca Cook/Reuters

  6. Ian’s path of ruin: Sanibel bridge severed, Gulf Coast cities ...

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    The Relief Efforts. A Category 4 storm, Hurricane Ian made landfall on Wednesday afternoon at Cape Cayo, a small island north of Captiva, then again north of Punta Gorda on the mainland.

  7. My City of Ruins - Wikipedia

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    Originally written as an elegy for Asbury Park, New Jersey, [1] "My City of Ruins" took on new meaning as a message of hope following the September 11 attacks. The song was included as the final track on Springsteen's 2002 album The Rising ; it was released as a single in New Zealand in 2011, charting at number 17.

  8. Road - Wikipedia

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    A 1984 ruling said "the land over which a public right of way exists is known as a highway; and although most highways have been made up into roads, and most easements of way exist over footpaths, the presence or absence of a made road has nothing to do with the distinction.

  9. Glossary of road transport terms - Wikipedia

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    See three-way junction 5-1-1 A transportation and traffic information telephone hotline in some regions of the United States and Canada that was initially designated for road weather information. A Access road See frontage road Advisory speed limit A speed recommendation by a governing body. All-way stop or four-way stop An intersection system where traffic approaching it from all directions ...