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The Celebration of Lights was a winter holiday season Christmas lights show in Pittsburgh. [2] Held at Hartwood Acres Park from 1991 to 2011, it generated funds for WTAE-TV's "Project Bundle-Up" charity and the Salvation Army. [2] The show consisted of a 3.5 mile drive through Hartwood Acres Park. [3]
Light Up Night is a family festival in the city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania coinciding with the unofficial start of the Christmas holiday shopping season. Many retailers in Downtown Pittsburgh remain open late, and street vendors and other concessionaires sell food and give away hot beverages, treats and promotional items.
The Pittsburgh Light Rail, commonly known as the T system, is the light rail system for Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It is run by Pittsburgh Regional Transit and currently consists of the Red Line, Blue Line and Silver Line. Trolley lines began on the T's route in 1897, and currently The T is the eighteenth most used light rail system in the ...
Allegheny County Fairgrounds located in South Park in South Park Township, Pennsylvania, was acquired and designed for use in 1927 by the Allegheny County Department of Parks. Beginning in 1932, this was the location of the Allegheny County Fair. It was added to the List of Pittsburgh History and Landmarks Foundation Historic Landmarks in 2009. [1]
Luna Park was an amusement park in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania that operated from 1905 to 1909. [1] Constructed and owned by Frederick Ingersoll , the park occupied a 16 acre [ 2 ] hilly site bounded on the south by Atlantic Avenue (now Baum Boulevard) and on the west by North Craig Street, [ 3 ] and included many rides and amusements.
Edward Bigelow, Pittsburgh's first Director of Public Works, created a series of boulevards and attractions in the new park, renamed Schenley Park. At one time there was a 120-foot (37 m) electric circular fountain on Flagstaff Hill that featured nighttime light shows. [2]
General admission tickets for visitors 4 and older to Christmas at the Falls are $10 Monday through Thursday and $15 Friday through Sunday, and include a train ride.
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.