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Rhode Island congressional delegation says Trump administration is blocking $600 million in awarded federal grants to the state for infrastructure projects including $220 million for the Washington Bridge

A screenshot of a New York Times update that says: In Grand Central Terminal, Leon Chang, 26, of Brooklyn, said he had not heard of congestion pricing and asked what it was. When explained it was a toll for cars entering Manhattan, he then asked “What do you mean? What is a car?” Walking outside, we showed him a vehicle parked on the street. He gently touched the hood of the car. “You wish to forbid these majestic beasts from entering the city,” he said in a wistful tone. “It is a folly of man. The desire to tame the world around us.”

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‘Intangible Heritage’ and How Cities Decide What to Preserve A gay bar. A bookstore. Fresh salt air. We could learn to preserve what matters most to people.

"Landmark laws across the country have come into existence to preserve things we deem culturally significant. But they don't always protect what we actually want to save," Michael Kimmelman, our architecture critic, writes.

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