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Los Angeles may have perfected urban sprawl, but Detroit invented it. Following the dictates of the auto industry, Detroit abandoned its efficient streetcar system in the 1950s and built a network of freeways. Many fine city neighborhoods never recovered and an adequate mass transit system was never built to replace the trolleys. The old spoke pattern of main roads (Jefferson, Gratiot, Woodward, Grand River, Michigan and Fort) emanating from downtown was eclipsed by the freeway system, and these main thoroughfares suffered declines that are yet to be reversed.
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In an undated photo provided by Guernsey's, a New York City auction house, Rosa Parks' keepsake folio and a postcard from Martin Luther King Jr., are shown.
A political consultant with ties to Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick is now being investigated as part of the Synagro scandal that is swirling through City Hall.
