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Helping inner cities Since the 1930s, mortgage lenders had denied predominantly Black city neighborhoods access to financing.—
Stephen Mihm,
The Mercury News,
15 Feb. 2025 -
In fact, my mother's high school, Eastside, is featured in Lean On Me, the Black film classic that details the true story of Paterson's own Principal Joe Clark, an educator who went to extreme lengths to help improve the test scores and livelihoods of Black students at the inner city school.—
Dria James,
refinery29.com,
12 Feb. 2025
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Initially designed as a garden city with villas, reminiscent of those eastern European cities lost in prior decades, Ankara symbolized the birth of a European country from the ashes of the Ottoman Empire—in the middle of Anatolia.—
Soner Cagaptay,
Foreign Affairs,
19 Feb. 2024
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Lee Kuan Yew, the city’s first prime minister, launched the idea of Singapore as a garden city back in 1967.—
CNT Editors,
Condé Nast Traveler,
7 Sep. 2022
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Pedestrian and cyclist injuries and deaths were seen more in the downtown and Broadway corridors, Vissers said.—
Maya Wilkins,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Mar. 2025
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Bodle said the partnership with TACO came about because her church volunteers with its downtown San Diego homeless outreach events, such as serving dinners.—
Elizabeth Marie Himchak,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
4 Mar. 2025
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