Smale Riverfront Park

Share your thoughts about the new Smale Riverfront Park's carousel

Mark Perzel — Fri, 24 May 2013 05:30:15 +0000

Were you aware that a brand new carousel is coming to Smale Riverfront Park in 2015? It’ll be at the base of Vine Street with additional trees and water features.

Cincinnati dedicates new garden at Smale Riverfront Park

Mark Heyne — Mon, 13 May 2013 17:43:27 +0000

Not only does the Duke Energy Garden offer lush gardens, large trees, walking paths and granite seat walls, it has a great view of the Ohio River and Kentucky shoreline, which you can enjoy from family-sized porch swings. Dianne and David Rosenberg gave $250,000 to the Cincinnati Parks Foundation and Cincinnati Park Board to provide significant funding for the swings.

The new garden is located adjacent to, and east of, the park's Main Street Fountain and Plaza.

Duke grant will create riverfront 'garden'

Tana Weingartner — Mon, 29 Oct 2012 14:30:00 +0000

A new green space is coming to the Cincinnati riverfront. Duke Energy is donating nearly a half million dollars over three years to add a garden to Smale Riverfront Park.

Spokesman Blair Schroeder says the plan is create a 'front porch' feel to the city.

"In addition to the lush gardens and large trees, you're going to have your walking paths, you're going to have granite sea walls and, of course, the park will also have large, oversized, family-sized porch swings that are suspended so visitors will have a front row seat to the scenery that passes along the Ohio River."

Cincinnati honors the Black Brigade: original flag among artifacts

Ann Thompson — Fri, 07 Sep 2012 17:30:20 +0000

Seven hundred very courageous men will be honored this weekend. Their service may have kept Cincinnati from falling to the Confederates in the Civil War.

Smale Riverfront Park

Ann Thompson — Fri, 31 Aug 2012 04:46:15 +0000

Behind all the fountains and splash pools at Cincinnati’s Smale Riverfront Park, there is underground technology that saves energy and water. Take a tour with Ann Thompson in Focus on Technology.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ytvvcs2dt70