Asheville - 1960-1980

The Appalachian Trail, first built in 1968, expressed the public's high priority of the outdoors.

Until 1977, Asheville had no money to invest in "urban renewal" so popular during the 1950s and 1960s in other cities. The commitment to debt repayment saved from the wrecking ball dozens of Art Deco buildings erected during the city's boom decades earlier.

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