CINCINNATI, Ohio — Fourteen years after its dedication, Smale Riverfront Park is essentially complete. City officials and donors celebrated what was billed as the final chapter of the downtown park on Tuesday, Nov. 10, announcing the completion of a $5.5 million addition on the north side of Mehring Way, The Cincinnati Enquirer reported.
The new section sits immediately east of the Andrew J. Brady Music Center and includes seating, planting beds, engraved donor walls, granite walkways and sandstone cladding on the wall along Mehring Way, according to The Cincinnati Enquirer.
Donors have been key to Smale’s development from the start. The park is among Cincinnati’s most costly, with a price tag of $105 million that rises to $110.5 million with the new space, The Cincinnati Enquirer reported. The family of former Procter & Gamble CEO John Smale donated $20 million, the Cincinnati Parks Foundation raised $40 million, and donations came from 1,500 individuals, according to park officials cited by The Cincinnati Enquirer…