Highland Park The Highland Park Neighborhood of Pittsburgh

Come on out for a Walk in the Woods (the park) on Wednesday evening, July 14, 2010 at 6:30pm. We start at the fountain, walk in the woods as much as we can, and end back at the fountain about an hour later.

The July walks are a little different from the rest: we will hear about an update to the Regional Parks Master Plan with specific topics for Highland Park including rediscovering lost landscape assets, amenities and connections.

The walk is fun for everyone but keep in mind that paths and steps in the park can be uneven.

Come on out for a Walk in the Woods (the park) on Wednesday evening, June 9, 2010 at 6:30pm. We start at the fountain, walk in the woods as much as we can, and end back at the fountain about an hour later.

The walk is fun for everyone but keep in mind that paths and steps in the park can be uneven.

For the full schedule (including walks in the other parks) see the Pittsburgh Parks web site:

http://www.pittsburghparks.org/walks-in-the-woods

The Bryant Street Festival is back!

Mark your calendars for Sunday June 6th! The Highland Park Community Council is again sponsoring this year’s Bryant Street Festival, which will run from Noon to 6 pm on the 5800 and 5900 blocks of Bryant Street. Join us between N. Highland Avenue and N. St. Clair Street for kids activities, music and great food!

The annual Yard Sale is taking place on Sunday, June 6th. If you are interestedin participating, download, print, fill out and send in the form (attached). If you are not selling this year, we will see you walking around the neighborhood.

The community planning process for Highland Park, and for our neighbors in surrounding communities, is intended to enable a diverse set of residents to identify strengths, weaknesses and opportunities in our community. These issue areas include: businesses, services, housing, public safety, recreation and education. Through this process, we can collaborate with government, nonprofit organizations and other entities to shape well-designed and creative ideas that can be translated into initiatives that affect all of us in our daily lives.

Highland Park history goes back to the late 18th century when the area was settled by Alexander Negley and his family.

In 1995 & 1996 Mike Staresinic and Clarke Thomas enlisted the help of several others to produce an initial history of the Highland Park Community Club. It exists here as they wrote it.

As of late 2007, the Highland Park neighborhood is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the Highland Park Residential Historic District.