North Park Ice Skating

1964-02-22

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North Park Ice Skating
  • Title
  • North Park Ice Skating
  • Creator
  • James McClain
  • Identifier
  • MSP285.B019.F05.I02
  • Source Identifier
  • MSP285.B019.F05.I02
  • Description
  • In 1927, Paul B. Riis, who helped develop Yellowstone and other national parks, was recruited to lay the groundwork for North Park’s landscaping. Many of his efforts, including road systems, golf courses, and North Park Lake are enjoyed by the public today. At 3,010 acres, North Park is the largest park in the Allegheny County Park System. Its lake is the largest man-made body of water in Allegheny County, flowing over 75 acres. The park also contains the biggest swimming pool in the county (once considered the largest in the world), hundreds of groves and picnic areas, and ball fields. The ice-skating rink (pictured here) was built in 1958 at a cost of about $800,000. Today, on a pleasant Saturday or Sunday in the summer, some 200,000 people are estimated to be found in North and South Parks alone (nearly half the population of Pittsburgh).
  • Genre
  • photographs
  • Subject
  • Allegheny County.Parks Department.North Park.Skating Rink.
    Skating--Pennsylvania--Allegheny County.
  • Source
  • Allegheny Conference on Community Development Photographs, 1892-1981, MSP 285, Library and Archives Division, Senator John Heinz History Center
  • Contributor
  • Detre Library & Archives, Heinz History Center
  • Collection
  • Allegheny Conference on Community Development Photographs
  • Rights Information
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