This piano is huge, and kids will absolutely love running up and down the keys. You know that scene in Big where Tom Hanks kills it with the toe tap piano? You can totally reenact that scene at Smale Park. This is like a kid-sized helicopter, as kids propel the wings up and down for a bouncy, turbulent ride! Play the piano The rope bridge is good practice for the famous Flying Pig, which requires a confident climber to maneuver the rope ladder into the Pig. Trying to explain the game of checkers to my crew was a lost cause however, they are very intrigued by the game and love moving the giant pieces around. Under the shade of the Roebling Suspension Bridge, you’ll find larger-than-life board games. This rope bridge is pretty epic, taking kids over a large portion of the Adventure Playground! It’s best for older kids and those who aren’t afraid of heights (like me). Two of those are scheduled to be opened this week.Here are 7 things you need to do at Smale Riverfront Park: Walk across the rope bridge There are three more sections of the park still under construction. It was inundated with families of all ages. “We are not just reaching out to a small sector. Members of all parts of this city are celebrating together in the fountains with their children,” Rosenberg says. “What I sensed was what we really dreamed of. Dianne Rosenberg says she was in the park on Saturday and saw how busy it was. And people use them.”īoth sets of swings were a donation from Dianne and David Rosenberg.

And we already know that the Rosenberg swings are a huge success because we already have the other half of them. There’s no park anywhere as exciting as… this Smale Riverfront Park. Mayor John Cranley says “This is spectacular.

Because when you sit on them, when you sit on those swings you can do nothing but have tranquility and remembrance,” Budig says.īudig is also the vice chair of the WVXU board of directors. “There is so much joy and so much laughter, and so much… so much of children’s edification in the other parts of this park. Parks Board President Otto Budig Junior says the swings both tie people to the rest of the park, and separate them. New sets of porch swings have been installed to the west of the Roebling Suspension Bridge. Cincinnati Parks has opened another section of the Smale Riverfront Park.

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