After all, it was largely the threat of ugly neighborhood protests during the Games that helped persuade city officials to make improvements.

The library was built in the 1960's despite widespread neighborhood protest.

- new mini-power plants are being put up, neighborhood protests and lawsuits notwithstanding.

The plan has met with widespread neighborhood protests.

But that plan was scrapped because of neighborhood protests and financial snags.

Listening to the People In another innovation, the program opens its microphones to leaders of neighborhood protests.

Beyond that, neighborhood protest was muted, though a few admirers gathered last week to reminisce.

They say that neighborhood protests ignore the benefits to a city that has for years lost retail dollars and jobs to the suburbs.

The original plan was to build a 20-story hotel, but neighborhood protests led to a low-rise design.