Every community should have a park! Nature, greenery,…read moreplaygrounds.. a place for families to enjoy a beautiful day! We wanted to enjoy our local takeout as a picnic.. and Bayne Park was the perfect spot!! Plenty of parking. Benches everywhere. A nice pavilion with picnic tables!! Our picnic was perfect and our dog enjoyed the wide open fields to prance around. The park has three swing sets, two playgrounds, a huge net contraption to climb on, and a massive skate park. This park makes Bellevue an even better community in Pittsburgh!

I was recently here for a movie in the park. It's conveniently located near downtown and PPG paints…read morearena and it boasts great views. There are some chairs and tables to sit at towards the back of the park. It's a small park so I wouldn't come here to try to hike or anything, but it's definitely a great spot to relax and hangout.

Frankie Pace Park is a public park that opened in 2021 and is owned by the City of Pittsburgh. The…read morepark is a "cap" that covers part of Interstate 579 and reconnects the Hill District with the Business District, helping residents to commute to jobs. The park is 3 acres and contains pedestrian paths, bicycle paths, a bus stop, benches, grassy lawns, trees, rain gardens, steps, art, performance areas, etcetera. The park is named after Frankie Mae Pace (1905-1989), a female activist who fought against the Urban Redevelopment Authority's redevelopment of the Hill District in the 1950s onward. The redevelopment displaced thousands of Black and immigrant residents and disrupted their social and economic networks. Frankie Pace advocated for the residents' housing and education. A story wall showcases the life of Frankie Pace, and a second story wall showcases another prominent person of the Hill District, Martin Delany (1812-1885), who was an abolitionist, journalist, and educator. Furthermore, throughout the park, signs show "Keisha," an African American cartoon who guides visitors along the paths. For decades, this land was the location of the Civic Arena and then parking lots. Other, larger parking lots are currently still located farther into the Hill District and provide parking spaces for suburban commuters. I appreciate that Frankie Pace Park helps Hill District residents to walk or take the bus to other neighborhoods and also provides a convenient place for recreation. My visit was on a chilly, rainy weekend day, and I noticed only one other person walking along the paths. I hope that this park gets more use on sunny days and week days.

This was meant to be a five-star review. Updating to make correction…read more This is a wonderful little park linking Bloomfield and Friendship.

Oh. This is not a park. It's definitely a park let. It's very small. It's pretty and I'm sure if I…read morelived in the area I'd love it as a place to walk and read and relax.

This was one of my favorite spots to sit downtown in between waiting for the bus after school at…read morePoint Park. I am not downtown everyday anymore, but any time I am I try to stop by Mellon Square Park. It's such a nice place to sit and relax and has a great view of all the really old architecture from nearby buildings. When it's not busy on the weekdays there can be some interesting characters, so I try to only sit down when there are other people around. I have been loving the Summer block parties that Talia puts on. They have live music, cocktails, and Italian food for a couple hours once or twice a month. It is really fun, especially when the weather is nice. There is a parking garage on Oliver underneath the park and the Omni William Penn is right across the street. This is a great place to take photos at too! I feel like a lot of local people don't even know about this serene little square in the middle of the city.

This park has changed over the years. I believe it has changed for the good. It is a shame that…read moremore people don't get a chance to sit and relax during the nicer days. Downtown Pittsburgh has a limited shopping venue and people aren't coming downtown as once before. You still have plenty of office workers, but little lunch time breaks, long enough to enjoy the park. They are building more hotels, but very little shopping. It's a very nice park. I like this park and sit for a spell every chance I get. I remember being the kids here during the summer.

One of many parks in our city that offers a place to unwind and relax, have a picnic, party or…read moreevent, exercise, etc. Beautiful landscaping with a play area. Nice area to spread out of you want some alone time. Fun place for dogs to play and make friends too.

It's a really nice open space park with lots of trees and lots of room for your dog to run. It has…read morea nice playground d for children. The park was well maintained but it doesn't have restrooms. I noticed it didn't have picnic tables but they do have a little building where people vote and have community meeting. Seemed really safe too

Phipps Run is a woodland and wetland area in Schenley Park which is currently undergoing a…read morerestoration project. Its restoration is the cornerstone in renewing the ecological health of the area. The project includes removing invasive species, restoring native plant and animal life, and cleaning up pollution. Phipps Run begins at the top of Panther Hollow near CMU. The address I gave you is approximate. It's a good alternate entrance to Schenley Park if you're biking or hiking. The run leads down to Panther Hollow Lake. Years of erosion and storm water runoff have caused extensive damage to the trail system down here. The erosion was so severe that the stream actually rerouted itself, taking out a footpath and an historic bridge. The flooding made access to Panther Hollow Lake extremely difficult and unpleasant. The Pittsburgh Parks Conservacy and the City's DPW have begun a restoration in the Phipps Run area. The project included redirecting the stream's upper part to its original run. A storm water control project included building basins to control water runoff. A streamside trail was rebuilt, providing better access. An ongoing project in the lower part of Phipps Run includes rerouting the stream channel to its original path. The conservacy is also planting native plants along the stream and on the surrounding hillsides. The goal is to increase the stability and sustainability of the area. My girlfriends and I love hiking through Schenley Park. We've been watching the progress made throughout the years. Once the Phipps Run and Panther Hollow Lake projects are completed, this will be a five star area.

This is what we call the "Jail Trail". My boyfriend and I just discovered it last year when we…read morewanted to try riding bikes on the other side of the city. We typically park in the garage connected to the T station down by the jail. There is a Healthy Ride bike station right up the street and it is so convenient to rent the bikes! Once we get the bikes, we turn right in between the T station and the parking garage (there are signs that say Bikes with an arrow) to enter the trail. If you go left (away from the city) the trail will lead you down to the bridge that leads to the Southside Works. It is probably only a 2-3 mile stretch and is relatively flat. Once you get to the bridge to Southside you can go straight or right. If you keep going straight it leads you to a parking lot, so we always turn right across the bridge to Southside. This is a great view of the city and it's a really nice bridge. The pedestrian path is big enough for plenty of bike riders. At the end of the bridge we turn right past Hofbrauhaus. I'm not sure if this is still considered the Eliza Furnace Trail. You can ride all the way down the Southside trail until you reach Station Square. At that point we go back across the Smithfield Street bridge and it brings you back to where you started. It's a fun and easy way to get some exercise and see our beautiful city. It only takes about 45 min-1 hour to do this route. The jail trail path is clean and there are always people on it. It feels very safe even though you are just a fence between the parkway. It can be very loud too from all the traffic, so now we bring a bluetooth speaker to put in the basket and listen to music while we ride. I recommend this trail especially if you are from out of town and want to see some of the Pittsburgh neighborhoods!

I love this trail, it's one of my favorites actually…read more I often spend my lunch hour walking along it to take in all of the scenery this part of the city has to offer. It's nice to have a little bit of nature in the city. The trail has a nice walking path that makes for comfortable excursions even on days when the weather is less than stellar.

Great place to go hiking or biking there is parking. You will get nice views of the river and the…read morebridges would recommend.