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    Back to Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Downtown High-Rise Fight

    Now that downtown is the hot place to live, the proverbial drawbridges are coming up. New buildings are being built left and right, and some residents are protesting. They say the neighborhood’s seen enough development. One particular point of contention is a proposed 26-story high-rise at Ninth and Hill streets.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Jan 20, 2016 • 1 min read

    Now that downtown is the hot place to live, the proverbial drawbridges are coming up. New buildings are being built left and right, and some residents are protesting. They say the neighborhood’s seen enough development. One particular point of contention is a proposed 26-story high-rise at Ninth and Hill streets.

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    GOP Fractures, ISIS Propaganda, and Downtown High-Rise Fight
    1. 0:00Why One Republican Won't Vote For Donald Trump
    2. 9:23The "White Man Pathology"
    3. 19:39Dabiq Magazine and the ISIS Propaganda Machine
    4. 28:27'The Absolute Brightness of Leonard Pelkey'
    5. 42:53Downtown High-Rise FightYou’re reading this
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      Madeleine Brand

      Host, 'Press Play'

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      Matt Holzman

      Producer, 'The Document'

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      Anna Scott

      Former KCRW Housing and Homelessness Reporter

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      Jolie Myers

      Managing Producer, 'Press Play'

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    The full episode

    5 of 5
    GOP Fractures, ISIS Propaganda, and Downtown High-Rise Fight
    1. 0:00Why One Republican Won't Vote For Donald Trump
    2. 9:23The "White Man Pathology"
    3. 19:39Dabiq Magazine and the ISIS Propaganda Machine
    4. 28:27'The Absolute Brightness of Leonard Pelkey'
    5. 42:53Downtown High-Rise FightYou’re reading this
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