Whittier Peninsula Park, nature center leading way

Park, nature center leading way

By SUE HAGAN

ThisWeek Staff Writer

On a recent rainy Thursday, the future Whittier Peninsula — the one with houses, shops, office space, a new Metro Park and an Audubon nature center — was a little hard to envision.

Shrouded in misty gray, what one could see was the rough gravel where the paved Lower Scioto Park boat ramp parking lot used to be. Further up the road, the vista takes in partially demolished warehouses, the city’s vehicle impound lot, mounds of soil and rubble and an old water tower.

Luckily for a visitor, the guide through all the gray was someone able to provide the vision.

“This will be a boardwalk right along here, with views to the water,” said Metro Parks Deputy Director Larry Peck, gesturing along the side of the road sloping down to the boat ramp.

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