# The infrastructure sandwich

By [Brandon Donnelly](https://brandondonnelly.com) · 2015-05-13

architect-this-city, atc, athiscity, brad-tabke, cities, downtown, elevated-highways, highways, mayor, memphis, minnesota, mississippi, river, riverfront, shakopee, tennessee, toronto, tweet, uncategorized, urbanism, waterfront

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Today I came across the following tweet by Brad Tabke. (Brad is the mayor of [Shakopee, Minnesota](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shakopee,_Minnesota).)

> [@clmarohn](https://twitter.com/clmarohn)’s version of hell from the top of the Memphis pyramid. [pic.twitter.com/XLd5hlNY1I](http://t.co/XLd5hlNY1I)
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> — Brad Tabke, Mayor (@MayorTabke) [May 7, 2015](https://twitter.com/MayorTabke/status/596434305318002688)

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On the left of the image is downtown Memphis. On the right is the Mississippi River. And in the middle is, well, a bunch of elevated highways. 

It’s a powerful image regardless of where you happen to be from. But if you’re from Toronto, you might know why I’m posting it today.

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*Originally published on [Brandon Donnelly](https://brandondonnelly.com/the-infrastructure-sandwich)*