The 20-foot bear slide at Ralph C. Wilson Jr. Centennial Park sits across from a 22-foot otter slide. Photo: Samuel Robinson

Residents along Detroit’s Southwest riverfront can expect to see an influx of new visitors when it opens at the end of this month.

The new Ralph C. Wilson Jr. Centennial Park, at 1801 W. Jefferson, sprawls 22-acres across W. Jefferson at the Detroit riverfront. Opening on Oct. 25, the park includes a four acre playground, a water garden, sports pavilion, 20-foot tall bear slide and other animal shaped structures.

Matt Cullen, the CEO of the Riverfront Conservancy, compared the new park to that of downtown Chicago’s Millennium Park, one of the city’s most visited tourist attractions during a media tour Wednesday.

“This is going to be the most iconic park in the Un

See Full Page