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Pretty bad.
Blacks in this country have been disparaged for so long, and kept down, it's a wonder any pull themselves out of the ghetto. Thank God more do not join revolutionary nonsense causes or this country would really be in trouble.
MLK Blvd in El Paso is in a very suburban neighborhood at the edge of town in Northeast El Paso. It also has as a strong African-American presence as most black residents in the city are military or military retirees. El Paso's small black community is, for the most part, mostly middle class and a bit conservative. Northeast El Paso currently has a black city councilman who is the most outspoken opponent of gay marriage benefits, for example.
That's right....runs right by University Heights Consolidated, no? Not a good part of The Bronx, for sure. It's also a largely Latin American neighbourhood. Do they have another one up in the North Bronx where most of its black residents are? I think there's one that runs through black Brooklyn as well - through Bed Stuy, if I'm not mistaken. Isn't 125th in Harlem also MLK Boulevard as well? And Lennox is Malcolm X. I'm all for naming streets after Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., but it is a mouthful. 125th and Lennox is so much easier to say than "meet me at Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and Malcolm X Boulevard."
Martin Luther King Drive is one of my favorite roads to drive on in Philly. Otherwise known as West River Drive, It snakes along the Schuylkill River through Fairmount Park and seems very underutilized as there is never any traffic. It is a really beautiful drive from East Falls to Center City.
On Saturdays and Sundays April thru October the drive is closed to vehicles for pedestrians and bicyclists to enjoy.
Seeing the skyline emerge after driving or biking through the park is amazing.
It's just a second name (sign and all) given to an already existing street (division). This is the most dangerous and dingy street in the whole city and it was like that before it was given the name "MLK" ave. I don't understand why the city would do this.
It's just a second name (sign and all) given to an already existing street (division). This is the most dangerous and dingy street in the whole city and it was like that before it was given the name "MLK" ave. I don't understand why the city would do this.
I believe that the goal of renaming a run-down street with a name like MLK is that it will help create an area of peace and prosperity (things MLK strived for) and hopefully help improve the surroundings. I don't know that the MLK name has actually achieved this goal, but I do know that some areas of MLK in Atlanta have improved tremendously. The stigma associated with MLK streets around the country still persists, so it may take years to see a lot of improvement.
Has anyone in other cities noticed these improvements?
Last edited by JoeTarheel; 05-09-2013 at 12:37 PM..
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