Emerald View Regional Park Master Plan
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
Date: 2020
Team: City of Pittsburgh Department of City Planning, Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy, Mon-Win Consulting, Spackman Mossop Michaels, Civil & Environmental Consultants, Bohlin Cywinski Jackson
Awards: 2021 Pennsylvania-Delaware American Society of Landscape Architects Analysis and Planning Merit Award
Project Description:
Emerald View Park is a 250-acre regional park located in the City of Pittsburgh's Mount Washington, Duquesne Heights, and Allentown neighborhoods. Emerald View Regional Park is the most recent addition to Pittsburgh's regional park system. Pittsburgh's regional parks, including Frick Park, Schenley Park, Highland Park, and Riverview Park, are vital cultural and ecological assets, each with unique identities that contribute to the City's iconic urban landscape. Emerald View Park includes a variety of public open spaces, greenways, trails, Grandview Avenue, and multiple neighborhood parks (Olympia Park, Mt. Washington Park, Grandview Park, Eileen McCoy Park, and Ream Park). The Emerald View Park Regional Master Plan will guide the future of the park. The goal is to connect the park's ecology, history, and culture in order to preserve the park's significance as a collection of neighborhood amenities and elevate its role as a regional destination.