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City Plan for Cincinnati

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57:, a nationally-known landscape architect, was hired to create a park plan for the city. His plan, however, dealt not only with the 18 parks and 17 public squares/recreational areas contained in it, but, as historian Zane Miller wrote, it was "to inspire civic patriotism by encouraging the construction of monumental public and quasi-public buildings in an impressive downtown setting, to bring all the neighborhoods of the city closer together by improving cross-town and downtown commuter circulation, and to mitigate the problems of traffic congestion and children playing in the streets." 111: 171: 78:, of New York, the owners of the first American planning consulting firm. The plan was long range, seeking to reduce the influence of machine politicians on the city government. The plan built on previous transportation, park, and utilities plans. The 1925 plan called for the construction of the Western Hills Viaduct and what is now 44:
and was the first surveyor and town planner in Cincinnati. He laid out the city with a north-south, east-west grid like many towns in the Northwest Territory. This grid unfortunately ignored topography, and no space was reserved for parks or open space except the public landing on the river.
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Cincinnati was the first city in the United States to have a comprehensive plan approved by City Council. Sponsored by the United City Planning Committee and paid for by donations, the plan was started in 1922 and finished in 1925. It was led by
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also led the development of the 1948 plan. This plan was part of the urban renewal movement and attempted to modernize the inner city. The 1948 plan called for the large-scale demolition of the historic
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The original plan was for the United City Planning Committee to raise $ 70,000 and the City to contribute $ 30,000. Donations were sufficient that in the end the city did not contribute anything.
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The City reformed the Planning Department in 2007. In 2009 it launched an effort to create a new plan. It set aside half a million dollars in 2009-2010 for the effort. It includes:
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is an urban neighborhood on the Cincinnati Riverfront. Planned in the late 1990s, it includes two sports stadiums and the
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Of the 135 structures existing in Cincinnati parks today, nearly half were produced during the period from 1929 to 1943.
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came to power shortly after the 1925 plan was adopted. Both were seen as reactions to boss rule in Cincinnati.
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The Cincinnati Parks and Greenways Plan was approved by the city council in December 1992.
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Early Urban Planning V 9, Volume 9 By Legates & Stout, Richard T. LeGates
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The American planner: biographies and recollections By Donald A. Krueckeberg
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The 1925 Plan has two parts: Zoning (1924) and Capital Improvements (1925)
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The 1980 plan consisted of three volumes and a fourth summary volume.
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in 1794. The earliest modern plan was the 1907 Park Plan created by
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Stepping Out in Cincinnati: Queen City Entertainment 1900-1960
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Volume I: "Strategies for Current Physical Development"
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Scanned copies of the 1925, 1948, and 1980 master plans
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and Central Bottoms neighborhoods, to be replaced by
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Volume III: Details plans for vision from volume II
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Index

Cincinnati
Israel Ludlow
George Kessler
John Cleves Symmes
George Kessler
Alfred Bettman
Ladislas Segoe
Ernest P. Goodrich
Cincinnati Union Terminal
Charter Party
Murray Seasongood

Alfred Bettman
Kenyon-Barr
Fort Washington Way
Queensgate
Housing Act of 1949

adding to it
The Banks
National Underground Railroad Freedom Center
Kessler Plan
Dallas, Texas
"Israel Ludlow - Ohio History Central"
"Cincinnati"
the original
"Lessons from a pioneer in planning"


Stepping Out in Cincinnati: Queen City Entertainment 1900-1960

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