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Buffer to protect historic views: Developers reduced commercial space to accommodate a buffer near the Booker T. Washington plantation.

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From: Roanoke Times (Roanoke, VA)
Date: 20060730
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Byline: Megan Watzin

Jul. 30--The company developing 57 acres next to the Booker T. Washington National Monument has added to its plans an approximately 8-acre buffer between the plantation and the development.

Phillips Development planned the buffer in response to concerns that the development will disrupt the atmosphere on the former plantation where the black American icon was born into slavery.

To make space for the buffer, the developers reduced the site's commercial space, including eliminating plans for a large medical facility. They also cut the number of town ...

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