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Storifying Chapter 2 of Departures: Highland Park

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The Storify of Departures' Highland Park Chapters includes exclusive content such as the image of the Southwest Museum floor plan shown above.

Below is a review of the second chapter's content from the Departures' Highland Park installment:

With the weekly launch of each chapter starting with the first on October 10th, we spend each week sharing and discussing each hotspot--a person, place or event--through various social media channels such as Facebook and Twitter. Using Storify, we sum up these hotspots and topics.

We encourage you to explore and follow Chapter 3: The Parkway, Monday, October 24th. We will explore the channelization of the Arroyo Seco and the build of the Arroyo Seco Parkway and their impact on the physical and social landscape of Highland Park.

» Follow along via Facebook and Twitter.

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