A City Rebuilt from the Aftermath

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I forgot to post this when I saw it on the news last week. I thought it was a nice story.

In contrast to the devisation in New Orleans, another city has recently finished rebuilding from another disaster. After the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, parts of San Francisco, as well as the rest of the Bay Area, were left in shambles. 16 years later, the reconstruction is finally complete. After several years of political turmoil, a section of damaged freeway has been rebuilt. Prior to its reconstruction, it served as a center for drugs and prostitution. Now, it has been redone better than ever. It has been cleaned up and was also designed with modern traffic concerns in mind. The planners also included a park for the neighborhood.

Here are some articles I was able to dig up:
San Francisco Chronicle - 9-8
San Francisco Chronicle - 9-13
San Francisco Examiner - 9-11
New York Times - 9-11