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That Fifth Ave. Detour

Why they're tearing up a busy street

by James Leonard

posted 1/6/2011

Commuters, downtown residents, and bus riders have been seeing more of downtown since August, when construction of the library lot parking structure shut down Fifth Avenue, the city's main southbound artery. Drivers accustomed to breezing through the one-way street's well-timed lights now must either detour four blocks west to First Street or crawl through

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