{"id":3198,"date":"2023-01-04T13:14:08","date_gmt":"2023-01-04T18:14:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/riverlifepgh.org\/?p=3198"},"modified":"2023-01-04T13:14:08","modified_gmt":"2023-01-04T18:14:08","slug":"allegheny-landing-boat-dock-completed-ahead-of-schedule","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lucid-heisenberg.31-170-165-113.plesk.page\/index.php\/2023\/01\/04\/allegheny-landing-boat-dock-completed-ahead-of-schedule\/","title":{"rendered":"Allegheny Landing Boat Dock Completed Ahead of Schedule"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/i>New year, new riverfront spot for boating, fishing, and chasing sunsets \u2014 the dock at Allegheny Landing is open.\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/h4>\n

Originally slated for completion later this month, the construction of the dock at Allegheny Landing has been completed ahead of schedule and is now open for public use.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Rendered unusable by an ice floe in 2018, the dock at Allegheny Landing has been sorely missed by boaters, kayakers, fishers, and people who love a good photographic backdrop.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In 2022, Riverlife worked with<\/span> public and private funders<\/b><\/a> via the Pennsylvania Waterfront Development Tax Credit to rebuild the boat dock with resiliency at the forefront of its design. Riverlife is Pittsburgh\u2019s only designated Waterfront Development organization.<\/span><\/p>\n

Building With Resiliency\"Divers<\/strong><\/h3>\n

This past October, Riverlife contracted marine construction company Marion Hill Associates, Zottola Construction, and a host of specialty engineers and contractors to bring the well-loved dock back to life. Donning wetsuits and protective gear to dip into the cold waters of the Allegheny, divers from Marion Hill Associates were able to tear down and reconstruct the public dock with resiliency at the forefront of its design.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019d be lying if we said we didn\u2019t get a bit anxious when the ice started to build up on the river in December,\u201d joked Riverlife President and CEO Matt Galluzzo. \u201cBut the brand new dock held strong through the freeze.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The Past, Present, and Future of Allegheny Landing<\/h3>\n

Allegheny Landing Park, dedicated in 1984, is one of the<\/span> first urban riverfront sculpture parks<\/b><\/a> in the nation and has been a prominent fixture in the sightline of Pittsburgh\u2019s riverfront.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

This restoration effort will improve Allegheny Landing\u2019s public waterfront with a usable dock for the recreational and transient boating community, kayakers and paddle boarders, and everyone who enjoys the riverfronts. Secure and elegant fencing along the park\u2019s waterfront will be installed, as well as advanced landscape management adjacent to the proposed installations.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Riverlife\u2019s big-picture plan for the upper plaza of Allegheny Landing Park is in progress. The restoration of the dock is one part of a seismic project<\/strong> that will create an immersive destination between Allegheny Landing Park and Allegheny Riverfront Park on Ft. Duquesne Boulevard, connected by the iconic Sister Bridges.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe envision the historic Sister Bridges bridges, illuminated by a<\/span> permanent light installation<\/b><\/a>, and the water between them as the glue that will pull together the<\/span> Warhol\u2019s POP District<\/b><\/a> and the Cultural District,\u201d said Galluzzo. \u201cWe want to create a seamless and unforgettable experience that you cannot find anywhere else.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Stay tuned for exciting things coming up with Riverlife.<\/h3>\n

Sign up to receive our newsletter<\/span> here<\/b><\/a>. For more information on how your company can benefit from the Pennsylvania Waterfront Development Tax Credit program,<\/span> click here<\/b>.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

New year, new riverfront spot for boating, fishing, and chasing sunsets \u2014 the dock at Allegheny Landing is open.\u00a0 Originally slated for completion later this month, the construction of the dock at Allegheny Landing has been completed ahead of schedule and is now open for public use.\u00a0 Rendered unusable by an ice floe in 2018, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3197,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[98,677],"class_list":["post-3198","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","tag-allegheny-landing","tag-sister-bridges"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lucid-heisenberg.31-170-165-113.plesk.page\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3198","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lucid-heisenberg.31-170-165-113.plesk.page\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lucid-heisenberg.31-170-165-113.plesk.page\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lucid-heisenberg.31-170-165-113.plesk.page\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lucid-heisenberg.31-170-165-113.plesk.page\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3198"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lucid-heisenberg.31-170-165-113.plesk.page\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3198\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lucid-heisenberg.31-170-165-113.plesk.page\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3198"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lucid-heisenberg.31-170-165-113.plesk.page\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3198"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lucid-heisenberg.31-170-165-113.plesk.page\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3198"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}