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The park was founded in 1889, and opened in 1893 after Pittsburgh Director of Public Works, Edward Bigelow, spent more than $900,000 in city funds to buy the land, parcel by parcel, from farmers. In 1898, Bigelow's cousin Christopher Lyman Magee created the Pittsburgh Zoo as an attraction to encourage customers to ride streetcar lines which ...
Scott Indermaur is an American photographer and multimedia producer. He worked as a photojournalist and sports photographer before switching to commercial and corporate photography. He worked as a photojournalist and sports photographer before switching to commercial and corporate photography.
Pittsburgh skyline at twilight . ... Martha Rial – 1998 Pulitzer Prize for Spot News Photography; ... Scott Zolak – 1991–1999, ...
This is a list of parks in Pittsburgh.All public parkland in the City of Pittsburgh is maintained by the Pittsburgh Department of Parks & Recreation and the Department of Public Works.
The park began when the industrialist Henry Clay Frick, upon his death in 1919, bequeathed 151 acres (61 ha) south of Clayton, his Point Breeze mansion (which is now part of the Frick Art & Historical Center). He also arranged for a $2 million trust fund ($35.1 million today) for long-term maintenance for the park, which opened on June 25, 1927.
Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens is a botanical garden set in Schenley Park, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. It is a City of Pittsburgh historic landmark and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. [4] The gardens were founded in 1893 by steel and real-estate magnate Henry Phipps Jr. as
James Scott was an executive for U.S. Steel and an immigrant from Scotland. The construction of his house was the starting point of an elopement that was covered by the national press. Scott's daughter Helen eloped on October 10, 1906, with Frederick Fairbanks, son of Vice President Charles W. Fairbanks .
Charles Scott Mutter (January 14, 1944 – March 5, 2008) was an American photographer best known for his photomontages. His photos were shown in galleries and printed on a wide variety of media, from posters to mouse pads.