Documentarian Hopes To Capture Transitions of Pittsburgh Places Through Time

JAN 11, 2016 

Cliffside Park in the Hill District will reopen in June after an extensive $1.2 million overhaul by the Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy with state and private funding and in-kind city services.

When it does, Heather McClain hopes to feature its transition and its stories to debut a documentary series, Neglected Histories.

When she left her job as producer of 90.5 WESA’s “Essential Pittsburgh,” a weekday call-in interview show, she sought a new challenge in which she could explore her interests in neighborhoods, architecture, topography and the generational transitions of place... Read the article