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It's a shame that something that got this far would be lost to 'political bickering'–though as a project it does seem to have also fallen at just the wrong mome
by macNchz 11y ago
It's a shame that something that got this far would be lost to 'political bickering'–though as a project it does seem to have also fallen at just the wrong moment in history as well. It's interesting to speculate about how it could have affected the development of Cincinnati as a city if it had been completed.
I was also amused to notice that the owner of the semi-finished subway system is 'SORTA'...Southwest Ohio Regional Transit Authority.
- mcphage 11y ago> It's interesting to speculate about how it could have affected the development of Cincinnati as a city if it had been completed. Buffalo built (and finished) a similar subway system in the '80s. At best, it didn't help.
- macNchz 11y agoSure, but the sweeping post-war changes to the urban/suburban landscape had already well taken place at that point. If this subway had been finished in the early 20s it would have had some time to affect the city's way of life before car ownership exploded.
- mcphage 11y agoThat's probably true. Instead, it disrupted what was already there, which is still not recovered. Part of the problem was the subway comes above ground downtown, which means that they completely tore up our Main st., and businesses left and never came back.