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This cross-country road laid the groundwork for America’s love affair with the road trip.

See how Kalamazoo turned "Main Street" into a pedestrian mall.

L.A.'s "Miracle Mile," a revolutionary new shopping district catering to motorists.

Once known as the “Black Wall Street” until a violent mob burned it to the ground in 1921.

Memphis, Tennessee. Designed by George Kessler in 1906.

Savannah, Georgia. Designed by James Oglethorpe in 1733.

Chicago, Illinois. Frederick Law Olmsted Jr. and John Charles Olmsted in 1905.

New York, New York. Designed by Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux in 1859.

Pearl District, Portland, Oregon. Founded by Jane Jacobs in the early 1970s.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Established in 1855.

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