Скачать или смотреть I-496, how a highway altered lives and Black businesses in Lansing

Pamela Armstrong has no problem repping where she’s from, the west side of Lansing, a side of town where she says neighbors were like family.

“Different things in the community for kids to do and just family, a very family-oriented community,” Armstrong said.

But Armstrong said that bond broke with the construction of Interstate 496, a highway that runs about seven miles through Lansing. It was built on the Main Street neighborhood, a place that many Black people called home.

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