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Apr 3

2012

Urban Wasteland

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Central Park Plaza opened in 1958, started going downhill in the 1980s and shuttered the last of its stores last summer. City inspectors repeatedly cited the plaza for violations, triggering a state probe and a subsequent agreement by its owners to sell the 27 acre parcel east of Amherst and Main streets. Blight in the plaza and adjacent neighborhood feed off each other, as this Investigative Post photo essay shows.

Posted 12 years ago
Investigative Post

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