A modest stone building from the 1940s that successfully creates the impression of having grown up out of the native rock by natural processes.
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Riverview Park Visitor Center
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Restoring the Observatory
The Allegheny Observatory, begun in 1900, is getting some restoration work. The architect was Thorsten E. Billquist, the sort of name one wishes one had invented.
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Visitor Center, Riverview Park
A very attractive little building put up in the 1940s, and doubtless influenced by the style of all the WPA work that had been done in local parks in the previous decade; here we see it in evening light, when the flowers for summer have just been planted.
Camera: Konica-Minolta DiMAGE Z3.
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Chapel Shelter, Riverview Park
The Chapel Shelter is so named because it began life as a little Presbyterian church. It fell into disrepair, and was very nearly demolished a few years ago; but a restoration project has made this picnic shelter the gem of the park again.
Camera: Konica Minolta DiMAGE Z3.
