Today, Wesley leaves the studio – and goes home. He embarks on a journey that
involves a car named Khad'ija, a tireless 92-year-old activist and one
Chinatown. Last year, President Biden signed a $1 trillion infrastructure bill
into law. One part of the initiative especially struck Wesley: the federal
government’s acknowledgment that its mid-century push to build a massive
highway system had caused suffering. Wesley started thinking about a highway
that he sometimes crossed as a kid in Philadelphia: the Vine Street
Expressway. When it was built in 1991, he never realized how deeply it had
divided and altered the Chinatown neighborhood. What happened to all the
people who were living there? How did their lives — and their communities —
transform? On today’s show, Wesley returns to his hometown to try to find out.
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Today, Wesley leaves the studio – and goes home. He embarks on a journey that
involves a car named Khad'ija, a tireless 92-year-old activist and one
Chinatown. Last year, President Biden signed a $1 trillion infrastructure bill
into law. One part of the initiative especially struck Wesley: the federal
government’s acknowledgment that its mid-century push to build a massive
highway system had caused suffering. Wesley started thinking about a highway
that he sometimes crossed as a kid in Philadelphia: the Vine Street
Expressway. When it was built in 1991, he never realized how deeply it had
divided and altered the Chinatown neighborhood. What happened to all the
people who were living there? How did their lives — and their communities —
transform? On today’s show, Wesley returns to his hometown to try to find out.
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/09/podcasts/still-processing-
highways-biden-infastructure.html" target="new">
Click here **** for photos of Wesley's journey and
more info about the episode.
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