Remember the Crosstown? Here’s the story of Chicago’s successful 1970s freeway revolt

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By Mary WisniewskiJul 12, 2021, 1:45 am128 pts
Fifty years ago, Charlie Roche, an Irish immigrant who loved growing roses and working with his hands, got a flier on his front porch warning him that his house might be destroyed to build a freeway. The flier said that his two-story home on a graceful, tree-lined Irving Park block, which he had just bought two…

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