Today’s walk illustrates the trauma that is sometimes involved in repairing the fabric of the city. The mess of streets here, anchored by DeRoode way, have been removed. The homes here are gone, and when I visited, little remained except stray street signs for streets that are gone forever. The streets are being torn out for the final phase of the Newtown Pike Extension (labeled as the Oliver Lewis Way Extension on the map as of today). On the balance, this road work should benefit the city, not just in terms of traffic but also in terms of this area’s capacity as it will tie it much more firmly into the rest of the city. Still, it’s a little shocking to see the real-life effects of the city planning eraser.