Frontline S1E19 · For the Good of All

Frontline

Season 1 · Episode 19 · For the Good of All

When a national recreation site between Cleveland and Akron was first mandated by Congress in 1974, everyone applauded the project. But Frontline found that park policies of condemning hundreds of businesses and homes soon generated intense local opposition as well as charges that the homes of politically influential citizens were being spared.