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Facade Scheme" in 2016, which received grant aid from Cork City
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began to overtake North Main Street as the primary business street of the city. Slum clearances were conducted around North Main Street in the 1850s and late 1870s, the former "cosmetic rather than socially ameliorative," the latter as part of a rehousing initiative.
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