In 1953, 2/3rds of Cuyahoga County voters voted for a downtown distribution subway loop in downtown Cleveland. Four years later, the county commissioners axed the project after voting 2/1 against it. Why did they reject it?
Souther, J., "A US$35 Million 'Hole in the Ground': Metropolitan Fragmentation and Cleveland's Unbuilt Downtown Subway" (2015). History Faculty Publications. 95. https://engagedscholarship.csuohio.edu/clhist_facpub/95
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