Delawanda Park - Tom Arbour slept here... the Central Ohio naturalist slept in Delawanda Park the neighborhood NOT Delawanda Park the City of Columbus park.
He call's the park "Kenney Park."
Tom Arbour who writes The Ohio Nature Blog rented the house at 301 Girard Rd. Columbus Ohio 43214 (the house is for sale now NOT for rent) during his Olentangy Days...
If you read Tom Arbour's blog a few years ago and he was hanging out along the Olentangy River close to home, he was at Kenney Park (also known as Delawanda Park.)
In June 2010 Arbour had a series of Olentangy Week posts on his blog... while he was out in Yellowstone Park he featured posts about his old stomping grounds... Kenney Park in Columbus Ohio also known as Delawanda Park. Visit The Ohio Nature Blog's Olentangy Week series to see some great local nature photos. The Ohio Nature Blog says:
"Olentangy Week - This week I'll be presenting images from my most recent trip to my old stomping grounds, the Olentangy River at Kenney Park while I'm away at Yellowstone National Park."
Walk out THIS front door and three four doors down the street you are in a very natural city park, on the river.
The seller bought the home at 301 Girard Rd. in Delawanda Park while in graduate school.... this house is all about location, location, location. Walk Score of 72, "very walkable" to stores, restaurants, the bus and the park.
Hmmm... wondering if we would increase the value of the house by placing a "Tom Arbour slept here" plaque near the front door.
More about the Delawanda Park neighborhood
Columbus Ohio 43214 home prices are up
The Delawanda Worthington Ohio
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Maureen- HILAROUS! I'm roftl. Are you listing 301 Girard? How did you make the connection?
Tom
It's on the market... all fixed up nice... I don't really remember how your name came up but they told me about a blog post you wrote... but we are shamelessly trading on your celebrity and hoping for buyers who will enjoy having the park as a neighbor.
Again it is all fixed up and Quinn is one heck of a home stager...
Maureen Tom Arbour sounds like a practical guy; got to like a guy who is a naturalist and has a last name of Arbour
Very cool Maureen- Megan and I LOVED living here. A little more about Kenney Park- The Park was originally called Delawanda Park, but sometime in the 1980's, someone with the last name of "Kenney" donated money to construct the baseball diamonds at the west end of Graceland shopping center, and the park was re-named "Kenney Park". Up until a few years ago, there was a large plastic sign at the entrance to the baseball fields that said Kenney Park- it is no longer there. Delawanda is a charming little neighborhood that my wife and I just loved living in.
Tom
:-)