Category: Blog
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Request for Qualifications: Temporary installation ‘TBD’ under the Ft. Duquesne Bridge
[vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” overlay_strength=”0.3″][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ width=”1/1″ tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default”][vc_column_text]Request for Qualifications (RFQ) Summary ***The submission period is now closed. The deadline to submit qualifications was 12pm/noon EST, December 1, 2017. The three semi-finalists will be publicly announced in January 2018.*** Riverlife seeks qualifications from public artists, landscape architects, architects, graphic…
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RIVERFRONT DEVELOPMENT ROUNDUP: HAZELWOOD GREEN, MORE GROWTH IN THE STRIP
[vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” overlay_strength=”0.3″][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ width=”1/1″ tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default”][vc_column_text] Riverlife’s ongoing roundup of current riverfront real estate and open space development news HAZELWOOD The 178-acre riverfront brownfield site in Hazelwood formerly known as Almono has a new name: Hazelwood Green. The site’s new identity was announced this month by Almono…
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Request for Quote: Strategic Planning Consultant
Riverlife is soliciting quotes from qualified contractors for the development of a 3-year strategic plan that will guide the organization’s priorities and investments. Project Description Excerpt: With its current strategic plan coming to completion, Riverlife board is looking to the future and embarking on strategic planning activities which will further enhance and activate Pittsburgh’s riverfronts.…
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City to host riverfront zoning public open houses Sept. 13 and 14
Why should you care about Pittsburgh riverfront zoning? The issue may sound technical, but it really comes down to a simple question: how do you and your fellow Pittsburghers want to use our city’s riverfronts? Pittsburgh City Planning is hosting two public open houses on September 13 and 14 to get your input. City Planning…
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North Shore trail advisory, August 24-26
[vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” overlay_strength=”0.3″][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ width=”1/1″ tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default”][vc_column_text] Three Rivers Heritage Trail users advised to use caution near Rivers Casino site Riverlife announces the following detour for the Three Rivers Heritage Trail along the North Shore due to a special event, in effect from 12:00 pm Thursday, August 24, 2017…
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Crosstown Cookout brings music, food to the Mon Wharf August 13
Riverlife is honored to be the non-profit partner and beneficiary of the 2nd Annual Crosstown Cookout – $5 Party on the Mon River! Produced by Fame15 Creative at the Mon Wharf on Sunday, August 13th from 1-9 pm, the cookout will feature live music, river surfing, pop-up art-making, and of course delicious eats from food trucks and grills!…
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Riverlife’s Party at the Pier: War of the Roses is Friday, August 25 on the North Shore
[vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” overlay_strength=”0.3″][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ width=”1/1″ tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default”][vc_column_text]Party at the Pier is presented by PNC Is it War of the Roses or War of the Rosés? We’ll let you decide as you sample dueling sips of rosé, summertime’s favorite wine, while donning your finest rose-colored party attire. Party at…
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In the news: what might it take to make Pittsburgh’s rivers consistently swimmable?
The city of Paris has been in the news recently with a bold new project that overheated Parisians are praising during the hot summer: public swimming pools in the River Siene. Long thought to be too polluted for swimming and other water recreation, the Siene has undergone a gradual cleanup that began in the 1980s…
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Post-Gazette: Riverlife’s Take a Seat project brings whimsy to social experiment
We’re thrilled that people are still buzzing about our Take a Seat! project that debuted earlier this summer. In case you hadn’t heard, we set out 30 lightweight movable chairs with GPS trackers on the Allegheny riverfront during the Dollar Bank Three Rivers Arts Festival. Our goal? To see where you wanted to sit on…