Riverlife Task Force

Press Coverage

2006

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Firm’s winning design for West End Bridge uses suspended walkways

7 finalists chosen in West End Bridge competition

Point State Park makeover starts with utilities, irrigation

Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

7 in finals of West End contest

Point State Park work illuminates history

2005

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Design judges named for West End pedestrian bridge

Walkway plan sought for West End Bridge

State official gets riverfront view of the city

Riverlife plans competition to design footbridge across Ohio River

Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

Briefs: Task force gets $100K grant for park

Design competition planned for walkway

2004

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

PennDOT, Riverlife panel to seek plan for Route 28

Art Notes: Orchid sprouts today on North Shore

Editorial: Green river / Riverlife’s welcome makeover for the Mon Wharf

State funds rise like the river for Mon Wharf trail project

Three rivers may be a point of light

$35 million plan to fix up Point State Park

2003

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Route 28 ‘gateway’ gaining support

Riverlife proposes tunnel to untangle Route 28

Columns

Connecting the Loop (PDF, 2.1 MB)

2002

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Panel unveils linkup of riverfront trails

Riverfront group opposes Mon-Fay Expressway

Bridge to have see-thru railing

Flick of switch starts age of enlightenment for Clemente Bridge

See-through barrier is unveiled

Urban Land

Three Rivers Rising (PDF, 624 KB)
Published by and reproduced with permission of the Urban Land Institute.

2001

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Task force lays out grand plan for Pittsburgh’s riverfronts

River vision: Task force ready to unveil its plan for Pittsburgh waterways

Task force gets funds to study extension of riverfront park

Columns

Take Me to the River (PDF, 2.56 MB)

2000

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Confluence of rivers seen as city’s treasure

Places: Riverlife spreads out latest ‘grand vision’ for Pittsburghers’ review

Task force envisions three rivers flowing with life force for fun

Session produces flood of river ideas

Places: Dreaming of a city with a life along its rivers

Riverlife group brings its vision nearer to focus

River task force hears from public

Riverfront group seeking opinions from public

Places: City’s riverfronts could form another gateway to the west

Mayor rolls out riverfront vision

A new view for the possibilities of North Shore development

Places: Floating some thoughts about waterfronts

Perspectives: Future lies down by the riverside

Consultant to guide Pittsburgh riverfront revival

Five finalists picked for riverfront designs

1999

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Task force oversees riverfront developments

Editorial: On the riverfront