A lot of city dwellers see their sidewalks as essential to their neighborhood. But what do you do when residents openly reject sidewalks -- and mount a campaign to keep them off their streetscapes? We talk with architect and urban planner Roger K. Lewis about what the debate over sidewalks in several D.C. neighborhoods says about public space and self-identity.
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"Shaping the City" with Roger Lewis
Listen Thursday, Jul. 30, 2009 at 12:06 p.m. in Environment, Politics, SocietyGuests
Roger K. Lewis
Architect; Columnist, "Shaping the City," Washington Post; and Professor Emeritus of Architecture, University of Maryland College Park
Mary Cheh
D.C. City Council Member (D-Ward 3); Chair, Committee on Government Operations and the Environment
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