Cincinnati, Ohio
Actually, Glenwood Gardens is in Woodlawn, and in preparing for this post I spent an inordinate amount of time trying to find pictures of this strecth of Springfield Pike from the 1970s. No luck. When I was a kid, this area--across the street from the Kroger Warehouse, the Goodwill, and the Woodlawn Drive-in (which burned down in the 1970s)--was all farmland, although I've found information that says it has belonged to the Hamilton County Park District since the 1960s. I did find a great forum called Mid-to-Late 20th Century Vine St./Springfield Pike, which brought back a lot of memories: Sutherland Lumber! The Big Melon! The Singing Bridge! But I digress.
The park is a nice place for kids to play, and featured some awesome frogs.
A Charlie Harper frog adorned a park service truck:
Kids can climb on Frog and Toad:
And there's this fountain:
