Peninsula Post staff and SoBo community leaders toured the Rash Field Park Phase 2 construction site on July 13 to get a close-up look at progress on the peninsula’s newest public park. (See the photo tour below.)
Work on the park, which began with groundbreaking in April 2025, is about 90 percent complete, said Dan Taylor, president of the Waterfront Partnership of Baltimore. Taylor expects construction to be completed by the end of August with an official opening soon after (date TBD).
Park features on the west side of the site are largely in place, including the sprawling Lawn area and the Gardens, which features several nature walk areas sloping gradually up toward Key Highway. (For a detailed look at the park’s design, see our story in the April 2025 issue.)
Considerable construction activity was taking place on the east side of the site during the tour. A wooden deck was being built adjacent to the promenade by the new Beach area near Rusty Scupper. Asphalt for the two pickleball courts was being laid nearby. And the main segment of the Pride of Baltimore mast, reinstalled on July 9 at the original Memorial site, rose above the courts.
On the day of the tour, the pedestrian-bike walkway along the north side of Key Highway between the Rusty Scupper entrance and the Maryland Science Center parking lot was closed to allow for construction of new entry points into Rash Field Park from the walkway. The temporary closure will last for one month, Taylor said. One lane of Key Highway has been closed to traffic to serve as a temporary walkway.
Taylor was joined on the tour by Waterfront Partnership’s senior director of operations Matt Kujava and representatives of Federal Hill Main Street, Federal Hill Neighborhood Association, and Federal Hill South Neighborhood Association. – Steve Cole
South Baltimore Peninsula Post 