Recapturing what’s lost: Riverview and Highland Parks

Two more weekends, two more meetings: here’s your last chance this fall to provide input on our Regional Parks Master Plan update. Riverview Park Saturday, October 30 Riverview Park has a wide expanse of woodland and a maze of trails throughout most of its 287 acres.  Then, in the park’s center, there is a ridgetop [...]

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People vs. cars in Schenley Park

Our master plan update meeting for Schenley Park this Saturday was a fascinating look at the complex issue of people vs. cars in the park.  There’s no doubt that the park’s layout presents a safety issue in several places, but any solution would have to consider the many different ways that the park is used.  [...]

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Finding the balance in Schenley Park

Have you ever tried to cross the street in Schenley Park–say, going from the Schenley Park Café to Phipps Conservatory–and almost been mowed down by traffic?  Or is there a spot in the park you always wanted to visit, but you were frustrated by poor trail connections?  Maybe you love walking or biking around Panther Hollow [...]

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Five Reasons You Should Get Out of Bed and Come to Frick Park on Saturday

Our public meeting for updating the Master Plan for Frick Park is this Saturday, October 2 at 9:00am.  We know the early hour may be deterring you from RSVPing (which you can do here, by the way), but here are five good reasons you don’t want to miss this event: 1. Frick is the largest [...]

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Frick Park: Outdoor Learning Spaces Meeting

Re-posting in case you missed our first post about our Regional Parks Master Plan update meetings: please come out to this Saturday’s meeting about Frick Park!  We’ll be gathering at Colfax Elementary School (map) at 9:00am this Saturday, October 2 for an overview of the plan and dialogue about current and future needs in the park.  Then at [...]

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Be a park planner for a day

Back in July, we told you we were starting the process of updating the 2000 Regional Parks Master Plan.  We gained a lot of great information from the folks who attended our special Walks in the Woods led by some of the team leading the planning process.  Now we’re ready to solicit a little more feedback [...]

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Walk and talk with us this July

As you may have read in our spring newsletter, the Parks Conservancy is beginning the process of updating the Regional Parks Master Plan.  This blueprint for parks restoration was jointly completed with the City of Pittsburgh and originally released in 2000.  Since then, many projects from the plan have been completed, and other projects have [...]

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