Posts by Aspinwall Riverfront Park
TribLive: Public invited to participate in interactive Juneteenth art display at ARP
Public invited to participate in interactive Juneteenth art display at Aspinwall park Tawnya Panizzi | Tuesday, June 22, 2021 2:52 p.m. A public art display this week at Aspinwall Riverfront Park will honor and raise awareness of Juneteenth, the holiday that commemorates the end of slavery in the United States, that was recently signed into…
Read MoreFor Immediate Release: ARP honors Juneteenth with an interactive work of public art
ASPINWALL RIVERFRONT PARK HONORS JUNETEENTH WITH AN INTERACTIVE WORK OF PUBLIC ART Aspinwall, PA Aspinwall Riverfront Park is honoring Juneteenth with a work of public art. “As an African American who lived in Galveston, I want to convey that our history is part of all of us. Juneteenth celebrates the start of freedom…
Read MoreTribLive: ARP offers busy slate of summer music
Aspinwall Riverfront Park offers busy slate of summer music TAWNYA PANIZZI | Tuesday, June 15, 2021 10:43 a.m. JAN PAKLER | FOR THE TRIBUNE-REVIEW The Rock the River concert series will kick off June 27 at Aspinwall Riverfront Park. Shown here is a concert from June 30, 2019, when the Shiners took the stage. Aspinwall…
Read MoreTrib Live: ARP Seeks New Kayaking Concessionaire
Kayak Pittsburgh closes rentals at Aspinwall Riverfront Park Tawnya Panizzi | Friday, May 21, 2021 11:18 a.m. Kayaking enthusiasts might be disappointed to learn rentals will no longer be available at Aspinwall Riverfront Park. After five years at the site off Freeport Road, Kayak Pittsburgh will not return this summer, officials said. “It was a…
Read MoreTrib Live: Riverfront Theater Company Holding Auditions
In brief: Riverfront Theater Company holding open auditions, Aspinwall yard sale and more in Aspinwall, Fox Chapel TRIBUNE-REVIEW | Monday, May 10, 2021 11:01 a.m. SUBMITTED Riverfront Theater Company actors rehearsing at the performance space at Aspinwall Riverfront Park. Riverfront Theater Company holding open auditions Open call auditions for “Into the Woods Jr.-Happily Ever After” for students…
Read MorePG: Railroad line could be big boost to trails at ARP
Railroad line could be big boost to trails at Aspinwall Riverfront Park NICK TROMBOLA Pittsburgh Post-Gazette APR 26, 2021 Aspinwall Riverfront Park may be expanding in the near future with a walking and biking trail to be formed out of an old railroad line. Park officials say Allegheny Valley Railroad has agreed to sell the…
Read MoreNext Pittsburgh: 10 Summer Camps Your Kids Will Love
Photo courtesy of Sweetwater Center for the Arts. 30 Pittsburgh summer camps your kids will love Sally Quinn April 20, 2021 Features, Guides to PGH, Kid Friendly Businesses, Kid Friendly Events, Kidsburgh Pittsburgh This article first appeared in Kidsburgh.org, which is published by NEXTpittsburgh. After last year’s disappointing summer, kids and their grownups are thrilled to…
Read MoreWESA: Brilliant Line Railway to Become Bike Trails, Pedestrian Walkways
90.5 WESA | By Julia Zenkevich Published April 12, 2021 at 5:51 AM EDT Margaret J. Krauss / 90.5 WESA A partial view of the Brilliant Line from Aspinwall Riverfront Park. Allegheny Valley Railroad has agreed to sell a 3.6 mile long stretch of railroad to Aspinwall Riverfront Park. The Brilliant Line links Aspinwall to…
Read MoreARP thanks community for outpouring of support
We are so grateful for the overwhelming outpouring of support for our funding application for the acquisition of the Brilliant Line. Given that we only had 3 and 1/2 days to pull this off over Easter weekend, we had hoped for 100 letters and 1,000 positive comments in our survey…Thanks to you, we received a…
Read MorePittsburgh Business Times: Aspinwall Riverfront Park spurring campaign to buy railroad line for trail extension
By Tim Schooley – Reporter, Pittsburgh Business Times Apr 6, 2021, 11:21am EDT The nonprofit that oversees the Aspinwall Riverfront Park reported on its Facebook page that Allegheny Valley Railroad has agreed to sell the organization the 3.6-mile Brilliant Line that extends over the Allegheny River and is campaigning for support to buy and turn…
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