The claim in the passage is: "New architecture development is causing historic buildings to be destroyed." (Option B)
<h3>What is a claim?</h3>
A claim is the statement of position or assertion that is being made in a text.
In the above passage, the textual evidence that supports the answer above is:
"Across the United States, beautiful, historic architecture is frequently destroyed to make way for malls, high-rise apartment buildings, grandiose homes, and other structures."
Thus the correct option is option B.
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