Pittsburgh - Point State Park

This was filmed at the end of august 2006. Point State Park is a Pennsylvania state park on 36 acres (0.15 km²) in Downtown Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA. It is located at the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers, forming the Ohio River. Built on land condemned from businesses in the 1950s, the park opened in 1974, when construction was completed on its iconic fountain. Pittsburgh settled on the current design after rejecting an alternative plan for a Point Park Civic Center designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. The park also includes the outlines and remains of two of the oldest structures in Pittsburgh, Fort Pitt and Fort Duquesne. The Fort Pitt Museum, housed in the Monongahela Bastion of Fort Pitt, commemorates the French and Indian War (1754--1763), in which the area soon to become Pittsburgh was a major battlefield. Today the park provides recreational space for workers, visitors, and residents in downtown Pittsburgh and also acts as the site for major cultural events in the city, including the Three Rivers Arts Festival and Three Rivers Regatta. The park, a registered National Historic Landmark, is operated by the Pennsylvania Bureau of State Parks. The fountain in Point State Park, which sprays water up to 150 feet (46 m) in the air at the head of the Ohio River, draws upon water from the "Wisconsin Glacial Flow", an underground river that passes beneath the park.

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YouTube | July 10, 2007

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