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Bradford-Felter Tanglewood

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Bradford-Felter Tanglewood, owned and operated by the Cincinnati Park Board, is a 176-acre (710,000 m2) city park in the neighborhood of Mount Airy in Cincinnati, Ohio. The park area was donated to the city in 1938 by Dr. Lloyd F. Felter, at the time consisting of just over 38 acres (150,000 m2) and called Felter Tanglewood. The park board obtained an additional 83 acres (340,000 m2) in 1978, half of which they purchased and the other half donated by Dr. Ray Tully Bradford and his wife. In the years since other land donations and purchases were made, resulting in the current land area.

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Kirby Avenue, Cincinnati Northside

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