South Side Park is an urban park in Pittsburgh. It is situated in a ravine that divides the South Side Slopes neighborhood, and extends to the location of the former Oliver Ormsby estate in Mount Oliver, Pennsylvania, Ormsby Manor.
South Side Park | |
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Type | Municipal Park |
Location | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
Coordinates | 40°25′16″N 79°58′37″W / 40.421°N 79.977°W |
Area | 65 acres (260,000 m2) |
Operated by | Pittsburgh Department of Parks & Recreation |
History
editThe park occupies land formerly used by the St. Clair Incline, and the former site of a Sankey brick works.
Plant Species
editInvasive Species: 1. Vitis 2. Reynoutria japonica (syn. Fallopia japonica) 3. Alliaria petiolata 4. Lonicera japonica 5. Menispermum canadense 6. Catalpa speciosa 7. Cirsium arvense 8. Celastrus orbiculatus
External links
edit- Pittsburgh Dept. of Parks & Recreation website
- South Side Chamber of Commerce [1]