Ziegler Park is a 4.5-acre greenspace located between the neighborhoods of Over-the-Rhine and Pendleton.
Ziegler Park, tucked into Over-the-Rhine just west of the old School for Creative & Performing Arts and just south of the Peaslee Neighborhood Center, is home to a 35’ x 75’ pool, a set of basketball courts, a children’s playground, and a covered pavilion flanked by charcoal grills. Named after Cincinnati’s first mayor, David Ziegler, the 1.41 acre park is owned by the City and managed by the Cincinnati Recreation Commission. Unfortunately, the park has suffered from disinvestment over the years and is in need of a major facelift and new operations plan.
The City of Cincinnati, the Cincinnati Recreation Commission (CRC), the Cincinnati Park Board, and the Cincinnati Center City Development Corporation (3CDC) have joined forces to bring this underutilized green space and facilities back into use as a neighborhood park. With the help of landscape architects, urban planners, aquatics engineers, and Over-the-Rhine community groups and residents, the visioning is underway for what Ziegler Park can become.
