‘Stop the Road’ chronicles city planning complications in Baltimore
Updated: 10:25 AM EST Dec 6, 2022
JENNIFER: JOINING US IS THE AUTHOR ON A BOOK ABOUT ROADWAYS. IT IS CALLED STOP THE ROAD. >> A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE ASKED ME , WHY DREDGE UP THIS HISTORY? BUT THE SIGNIFICANCE OF WHAT HAPPENED WHEN THESE HIGHWAYS WERE FIRST PLANNED IS REALLY SECOND THE BUILDING OF THE RAILROAD, AND ITS SIGNIFICANT. JENNIFER: GIVE ME AN EXAMPLE. >> THERE WERE THREE HIGHWAYS SCHEDULED TO GO THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF BALTIMORE. 70 COMING IN FROM THE WEST AND FIVE FROM THE SOUTHWEST. I-83 WAS SUPPOSED TO BE EXTENDED HYEON DOWNTOWN — BEYOND DOWNTOWN. THE OTHER HIGHWAYS WERE DEFEATED. JENNIFER: WHY DIDN’T 70 CONTINUE? IT LITERALLY THAT IN — DEAD ENDS. >> IT WAS THE FIGHT TO SAVE LINKIN PARK THAT DEFEATED I-70. IT IS VERY UNFORTUNATE THAT THE ONE QUESTION THAT THEY GET WILL COME THE HIGHWAY TO NOWHERE, IT DID NOT LINK UP WITH ANY OF THE REST OF I-70. IT BECAME A SYMBOL OF THE CITY’S UNFAIRNESS TO THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN POPULATION. THE SIGNIFICANCE OF IT IS THAT HAD THE HIGHWAYS BEEN WILL COME THE HISTORIC WATERFORD COMMUNITIES ALL WOULD HAVE BEEN REALLY SLAMMED BY THE HIGHWAY AND THE LATER REDEVELOPMENT OF THOSE AREAS WOULD HAVE BEEN JEOPARDIZED. JENNIFER: YOU ARE DOING A BOOK SIGNING THIS WEEK. WHERE WILL YOU BE? >> I AM DOING TWO ACTUALLY. ONE IS AT THE BIRD AND HAND CAFE. IV IS TUESDAY AND THE OTHER IS THURSDAY. THIS IS KIND OF A ROLLOUT. JENNIFER: HOW LONG DID IT TAKE YOU TO WRITE THIS? >> FIVE YEARS, BUT TWO OF THOSE, I WAS STILL RUNNING A BUSINESS. JENNIFER: IF ANYBODY EVER WANTED TO KNOW THE HISTORY, IT IS RIGHT HERE. WE WILL LISTED ON OUR WEBSITE S
‘Stop the Road’ chronicles city planning complications in Baltimore
Updated: 10:25 AM EST Dec 6, 2022
E. Evans Paull is the author of “Stop the Road,” a new book chronicling the complications within city planning in Baltimore.
E. Evans Paull is the author of “Stop the Road,” a new book chronicling the complications within city planning in Baltimore.
