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Changing Plans For America's Inner Cities: Cincinnati's Over-The-Rhine And Twentieth (Urban Life & Urban Landscape)

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This book is interesting to local people who want some history on the planning process for this one neighborhood in Cincinnati. Mr. Miller proposes that this history is similar to other cities across the country. Some of the over-arching themes may be similar city to city, but this really is a unique case.

The book is hard to follow, because of all the players involved, and is dry and incomplete. The emphasis is on the plannning process of 1983, and the fight against the historic designation.

For Cincinnati historians or planners only.

This book was assigned to my class by one of its contributors when I attended Macon College and State University. As students we were forced to purchase, read, and submit an opinion of this book. I found the book to be one of the most boring books ever written. It is dry, unfocussed, and absolutely boring until the twist where the community coordinator dies at the hands of a homeless person. The book appeared to be ending at this point and I was disappointed to find it didn't. I stated this in my opinion and received a "D" for my effort. Don't waste your time or money.