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Steps of Cincinnati
The Steps of Cincinnati refer to the collection of approximately 400 sets of city-owned steps in Cincinnati, Ohio, in the United States.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Hillside Steps )〕 The steps are considered a unique and integral mode of transportation in the city. In addition to practical use, the steps offer recreational users exercise and serve as a scenic attraction to tourists.〔
==Overview==
Cincinnati is a city of hills. While not a literal description, the city has long been given the nickname "The City of Seven Hills", a metaphorical reference to the seven hills of Rome. Before the advent of the automobile this system of stairways provided pedestrians important and convenient access to and from their hilltop homes. At the height of their use in the 19th century, over of hillside steps once connected the neighborhoods of Cincinnati to each other.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Walking the Steps of Cincinnati — 1998 )〕 The first steps were installed by residents of Mount Auburn in the 1830s in order to gain easier access to Findlay Market in Over-the-Rhine.
Over the years, some of the steps have fallen into disuse and disrepair, leading to calls from preservationists to restore the historic steps. Conversely, some area residents want nearby steps closed because they fear the often poorly lit steps offer refuge to criminals. In response, the City has formed the City Hillside Step Information System and made it responsible for evaluating the condition of the steps and making needed repairs. Commemorative markers were placed in the neighborhood of Mount Adams at the Oregon Street Steps and Park Street Steps.〔 Despite these efforts, some of the steps remain at risk of closure.〔
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