Cleveland's Best-Laid Plans

A new exhibition examines the fate of Cleveland's best-laid plans. Critics suggest that planning hasn't helped the City.

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December 20, 2000, 5:00 AM PST

By Chris Steins @planetizen

"Plan or perish." In 1949, those portentous words introduced the first citywide plan for the City of Cleveland. Today they have an ominous ring because Cleveland has been doing a lot of both - planning and perishing - ever since that time. And some of the perishing has been caused by the planning."

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