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[โ€“] BozeKnoflook@lemmy.world 21 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

The Dutch city of Nijmegen also tore down its walls in 1874 because cannons had made them useless, creating Eerste Walstraat (first wall street) and Tweede Walstraat (second wall street)

[โ€“] Hazel@piefed.blahaj.zone 7 points 3 weeks ago

First- and Second Coast Street (a little joke for the Dutch).