31. Controversy erupted here recently when a group of black civic leaders approached the City Commission about renaming a prominent downtown street for King. 32. Downtown Dayton streets were cleared to the pavement after crews from three departments hauled the snow away in trucks and dumped it in parking lots at city parks. 33. Downtown streets are strewn with piles of garbage and open sewers, while much of the population lacks basic sanitation and health care. 34. Downtown streets were gridlocked as an air of panic began to spread among workers who poured from buildings. 35. Downtown streets are home to rows of gray, building-block houses, devoid of any traditional Chinese flavor. 36. Downtown streets are wall-to-wall motorcycles, hundreds of chromed cruisers sharing parking spots with gaggles of tourers and flocks of sport bikes. 37. Downtown streets that usually are lonely, shadowy strips will teem with a happy bustle into the wee hours. 38. Downtown streets were thick with Atlanta police SWAT and Red Dog teams. 39. Downtown Caracas streets are now crowded with unlicensed vendors who sell everything from underwear to combs and cigarette lighters. 40. Downtown streets are vibrant, and many people walk or ride bikes. |