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Tunnels and tracks

In a small clearing wedged between I-75 and Central Parkway is a monument to the city's past: an entrance to Cincinnati's stillborn subway system. Designed and built nearly a century ago to revolutionize the city and to make Cincinnati a true member of the 20th century along with cities like New York and Chicago, these tunnels sit abandoned, scarred with graffiti and garbage from their newer unintended purpose: an occasional shelter for the homeless.

The tunnels represent what the city could have been, and some who are passionate about changing the landscape of the city say that the two remaining miles of unused tunnels can teach us lessons about how public transit can change a city for the better by informing the debate over the proposed streetcar and by illustrating how the city should not make the same mistake twice.

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