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Cincinnati's hills provide some absolutely breathtaking views and we have a string of wonderful hill top parks to show them off. My idea is to create an urban trail using our wonderful pedestrian infrastructure and employ some of the unused or underused natural areas to link them. It could be a tourist attraction or something to do for residents on a spring afternoon. One end could be in the findlay market area at the base of Ohio ave. steps and work its way up to Bellevue park, then descending the steps to Vine st. to Mulberry. Reopen/recreate the defunct stairs that appear to have once ascended from the Mulberry and Rice St. area up to Jackson Hill Park. Across the park to Dorchester Ave. Then up Walker, where there is a right of way through the woods to Filson Park, or up Josephine St. to Filson Park. Straight down Ringold St. to what appears on Google Maps as Deer Creek Common. There could be a winding trail down this slope, in a seemingly unused public space, to Reading Rd. and Elsinore Pl. Or in the alternative the stairs leading down from Liberty Hill and Highland Ave. (There is not really a good way for a pedestrian to cross here) Then on through the Elsinore Arch and up the stairs to Eden park and the art museum. The hills of Cincinnati are really a gift and we should use them! This trail would provide a wonderful walk through town with nice transitions between quiet natural beauty and jaw dropping cityscapes.