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Sayler Park, Cincinnati

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Sayler Park is a neighborhood of Cincinnati, Ohio.

Sayler Park is a neighborhood in Cincinnati, Ohio. The west side neighborhood on the Ohio River is approximately 1 mile (1.6 km) and 2 miles (3.2 km) wide.[1] The 65-acre (26 ha) Fernbank Park in Sayler Park stretches over a mile along the Ohio River.[2] The Thornton Triangle is Cincinnati's smallest municipal park.[3]

History

Sayler Park was annexed by the City of Cincinnati in 1911.[4] The neighborhood is known for its F5 tornado in 1974 during the Super Outbreak[5] (one of seven F5 tornadoes during that outbreak) which killed three and demolished many homes.

References

  1. ^ Ball, Jennifer (Jun 2007). "Selling Points". Cincinnati Magazine. p. 97. Retrieved 2013-05-06.
  2. ^ http://www.cincinnatiparks.com/fernbank-park
  3. ^ http://www.cincinnatiparks.com/component/content/article/12-parks/103-art-architecture
  4. ^ Clarke, S. J. (1912). "Cincinnati, the Queen City, 1788-1912, Volume 2". The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company. p. 528. Retrieved 2013-05-20.
  5. ^ Horstmeyer, Steve (Dec 1995). "It's Not the Heat, It's The..." Cincinnati Magazine. p. 66. Retrieved 2013-05-18.