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Jean-Paul Sartre

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It is disappointing to realize that, hidden beyond these magnificent and promising names, is the same checkerboard city, the same red and green traffic lights and the same provincial look.
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On Albuquerque NM, recalled when the city sought a plan for urban renewal, New York Times (February 5, 1985)

 
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