Introduction

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"Every building around you — the cream stone, the iron balconies, the matching rooflines — exists because one man tore down the city that used to be here. Nineteen thousand seven hundred and thirty buildings, demolished. Three hundred and fifty thousand people, moved out. The man in charge had no training in architecture. He was a lawyer."

Hear the full story in the app — narrated and timed to play right where you're standing.