Tag: allegheny river
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Allegheny Riverfront Park and the Sister Bridges Experience: A Vision Coming to Life
In March 2025, Riverlife will break ground on the rehabilitation of Allegheny Riverfront Park’s upper promenade. For twenty-five years, this park has been a vital link between downtown Pittsburgh and the Allegheny riverfront–redefining how Pittsburghers engage with the city and sparking a movement for riverfront transformation. Allegheny Riverfront Park remains a model for what riverfront…
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Decorative Historic Railing at Allegheny Landing: Building a River Room Step By Step
A great riverfront is more than the sum of its parts. In a city known for its rich history and iconic landmarks, Riverlife is weaving a new narrative as steps are taken to implement a bold vision plan for Completing the Loop. Inspired by a vision of a thriving riverfront, Riverlife envisions a continuous and…
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A gamechanger like Allegheny Riverfront Park can’t be ignored.
[vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_spacing=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_column_text]Allegheny Riverfront Park is a landscape that refuses to be forgotten. These words kept ringing through my head last week…
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$750,000 grant will improve riverfront access in the Strip District
[vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_spacing=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_column_text]Congratulations to our partners at Oxford Development Company on this week’s announcement of a $750,000 PA Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program (RACP)…
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“Invisible Ecologies” debuts this week along the Allegheny River
Something special is nesting along Pittsburgh’s riverfronts. If you’re walking, biking, or boating along the downtown side of the Allegheny River between the Roberto Clemente and Fort Duquesne Bridges this week, you may notice “Invisible Ecologies,” a new public art installation by Future Green Studio. The installation is part of ArtWalk on the Allegheny by…
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RAD announces Impact Grant funding for “Artwalk on the Allegheny”
For 25 years The Allegheny Regional Asset District, or RAD, has granted funding to hundreds of civic, cultural and recreational amenities throughout our region. To celebrate the impact of RAD and its milestone anniversary this year, the organization issued special RADical Impact Grants for “bold, forward-looking, creative projects that will have radical impact on the region…
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Riverlife announces semifinalists for ‘tbd’ riverfront improvements 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]Riverlife’s ‘to be determined’ (‘tbd’) program is looking for the next big idea for the riverfront under the Fort Duquesne Bridge in downtown Pittsburgh. After a worldwide call for artists and designer teams last December that resulted in 52 submissions, the “tbd”…
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Semi-finalists chosen for Ft. Duquesne Bridge project; will be announced January 2018
Riverlife thanks everyone who made submissions to Riverlife’s ‘to be determined’ Request for Qualifications for the 2018 temporary riverfront installation under the Fort Duquesne Bridge between Point State Park and the Cultural District. We received 56 submissions and have selected three semi-finalists. The three semi-finalists have been notified and will be publicly announced in January.…
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Looking for the next big idea under the Fort Duquesne Bridge
Your idea may be big, bold, colorful, subtle, playful or profound. Whatever the case, Riverlife wants you to think big under the bridge! Riverlife is seeking qualified artists, designers, landscape architects, and other creative professionals to design and implement a temporary public installation under the Fort Duquesne Bridge next year. The process is part of…