Originally a shelter for access to an underground spring, this spiral structure—which may have been built under the WPA—has a stairway that winds down to a pool of stagnant water and debris. But it looks wonderfully mysterious.
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Spring in South Park
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Point Fountain
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Edward Bigelow Contemplates the Cathedral of Learning
The statue of Edward Bigelow by Giuseppe Moretti, with the Cathedral of Learning in the background.
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Fountain in Richard B. Mellon’s Garden
Courtesy of the New England Granite Works, a picture of the fountain in the Mellons’ Walled Garden shows us a little of what the garden, now part of Mellon Park, looked like when the Mellons lived there. The sculpture on the fountain is the work of Edmond Amateis, and the fountain has been beautifully restored for the delight of visitors to the park.
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Steps to Mellon Square
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Frick Park Gatehouse
This looks exactly like the gateway to a world of sylvan rest and rustic pleasure that it was meant to be. In passing we note that the gatehouse is actually a building, with a room on either side of the gate: we used to have staff to sit here and tend to park visitors’ needs.
The architect was a big deal for such a small structure: John Russell Pope. He had some famous commissions in Washington (that’s Big Worshington to residents of the South Hills): the Jefferson Memorial, the National Gallery of Art, Constitution Hall, and the National Archives, among other buildings. In Pittsburgh he is best known for the colossal Winter mausoleum at Allegheny Cemetery.
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November Colors in Bird Park, Mount Lebanon
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Fall Colors in Bird Park
Fall colors today in Bird Park, Mount Lebanon. Sassafrass (Sassafrass albidum) is especially colorful right now, with some trees turning red and orange shades and others bright yellow.
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Lake Elizabeth
The lake in West Park on the North Side, from a negative taken in 1999.
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Point Fountain and Heinz Field
