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June 14, 2007

Caribbean city transforms into a 'little New York'

  • The Dominican Republic is spending more than $700 million on a subway in Santo Domingo in an effort to keep residents from emigrating to New York City.
    • By JONATHAN M. KATZ
    Associated Press Writer

    AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa [enlarge]
    Construction on the first 9-mile segment of Santo Domingo’s subway is expected to be finished in about a year.

    SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic — You want some New York with your tropical breezes? Try the jackhammering, traffic-snarling mess that someday will be the Caribbean's first subway.


     
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