United States | Re-naming America
Obamaville
The next president is already making his mark on America’s cities
|St louis
DELMAR BOULEVARD is an arterial road running through some of the poorest and richest, and most racially divided, neighbourhoods of St Louis, Missouri. Some city aldermen are now trying to rename the street after Barack Obama before he takes office.
This article appeared in the United States section of the print edition under the headline “Obamaville”
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