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Originally Posted by Crawford

This NYC freeway began construction in 1936. It was horribly devastating, displaced tens of thousands, destroyed vast urban fabric and should have never been built. Yet in 2024, it's surrounded by vibrant areas:
https://www.google.com/maps/@40.7143...8192?entry=ttu

This Detroit neighborhood successfully stopped a freeway expansion in the postwar years. A freeway was planned to replace the then-thriving commercial arterial:
https://www.google.com/maps/@42.3959...8192?entry=ttu

One major difference between the BQE and Detroit's freeways is that the BQE is mostly elevated and didn't break up the street grid. All of Detroit's freeways are below grade and thus disrupt the pre-existing street grids.