Posted by Mayor of Philadelphia Jim F. Kenney How do we connect communities? How do we get there from here? These are questions that Philadelphians ask themselves every day—how do I get from home to work, to school, to the park? But it's also a question that we ask as a City and an administration: how do we build something that brings people together, and makes Philadelphia a place to be, not just a place to travel through? I'm proud that Secretary Foxx and his team chose Philadelphia as the third of four Every Place Counts Design Challenge cities. The Vine Street Expressway (I-676) was built 25 years ago to connect I-95 on Philadelphia's east with I-76 on our west. While the Expressway does that, this sunken highway also sliced through the heart of our city, dividing Philadelphia's Chinatown and Callowhill neighborhoods.
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Re-Thinking Vine Street in Philadelphia
