In the Press
In a quiet corner of Pittsburgh’s Schenley Park, Jaci Bruschi has been carefully tending a grove of yellowwood trees since 2019. The trees aren’t native to the Pittsburgh area, but…
We head out to a summer camp that helps build confidence and an appreciation for nature. Plus, we visit a farm in Pittsburgh that teaches neighbors how to grow and…
We know that trees are good – but just how good? To answer that question, signs have been added to eight leafy giants around Mellon Park in Pittsburgh that quantify…
The Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy is looking to create a series of accessible sensory areas in Frick Park. Many of the sites the conservancy uses for nature programming and other activities…
The Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy is entering another phase of construction on the North Promenade in Allegheny Commons Park. The project will reconstruct a 15-foot-wide central promenade along North Avenue, realign…
Once home to coal mining, Hays Woods Park is a protected forest situated along the Monongahela River between Baldwin, the South Side and Hays. Now Hays Woods is taking the next step.…
Maybe you’ve heard of “parks prescriptions” or doctors prescribing time in nature. Maybe you’ve been to City of Pittsburgh parks hundreds of times. What you may not know is that spending time…
“Diversity, equity, inclusion, accessibility-that is a thread throughout, it is not an afterthought.” Editor’s note: This is the second article in a series that Route Fifty is publishing ahead of…
Heroic tales have often been told of the ingenuity and heroic acts of the enslaved and how they gained their freedom from their masters. But, history and research has been silent on…
The rattle of bells and the pounding of drums jingled and boomed through Pitt’s campus as Native American dancers and artisans converged upon Schenley Plaza for a pow wow on…