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Looking north from Fulton Street in the North End in 1954. Parked cars fill the cleared space where the elevated highway will be built as a crane continues the demolition. The Artery was intended to relieve the chronic automobile congestion that gripped downtown Boston in the 1940s. But as land was cleared for the new highway, many residents were horrified at the destruction.
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