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"Shaping the City" with Roger Lewis

Listen Thursday, Jul. 30, 2009 at 12:06 p.m. in Environment, Politics, Society

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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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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An unscientific survey of Hawthorne found that more residents are opposed to sidewalks than favor them -- at least according to the number of lawn signs observed on a recent drive through the community. <div><em>Tara Boyle</em></div>
An unscientific survey of Hawthorne found that more residents are opposed to sidewalks than favor them -- at least according to the number of lawn signs observed on a recent drive through the community.
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