Ohio University's SL presence of several islands.

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POSTED ON FEBRUARY 28, 2007:
Pollution for the Poor
Should environmental health depend on race and income?
By Margo Pierce

Councilman David Crowley wants an environmental justice policy for Cincinnati.
Natalie Hager

Many people across the country know the Zip code area 45232 as a "toxic donut," with the residential neighborhoods of Winton Hills, Winton Place and Spring Grove surrounded by more than 50 polluting industrial facilities, according to local activists.

Yet many Tri state residents remain unaware of the way in which these low-income, predominantly minority neighborhoods are subjected to a disproportionate amount of pollution.

This new facility on the grounds of the Toledo Museum of Art contains both a museum of glass and a hot shop. Admission is FREE.

It was named Travel + Leisure's 2007 "Best Museum".

Flag Wars tells the story of what happened to the Olde Towne East community in Columbus, Ohio when the neighborhood went through the process of gentrification in the mid-to-late 1990s. For much of the twentieth century, urbanists, policymakers, and activists were preoccupied with inner city decline across the United States, as people with money and options fled cities for the suburbs. But widespread reports of the American city's demise proved premature. Beginning in the 1970s, urban life slowly began to regain prestige, particularly among artists and the highly educated. By the turn of this century, many cities were thriving again, and their desirability among the wealthy and upwardly mobile was putting intense pressure on rents, real estate prices, and low-income communities.