What I meant by 131 eating up the riverfront once it crosses the river is that the is so little land in between it and the river - particularly north of 196 - that it essentially makes the riverfront irrelevant along the westbank. On one hand, it was good that they ran 131 along the Grand once it crosses the river, because it was less disruptive to the existing fabric of the city. On the other hand, if they'd have oriented it further west, there would be more of a riverfront along the west bank to develop, today.
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Where the trees are the right height
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