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You’re Invited
Downtown Walking Tour: Market Square Area
Friday, August 11
10:00 a.m. to 11:15 a.m.
$20.00 per person
This tour is limited to 20 participants.
Tickets will not be available after 11:30 pm on August 10.
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Ever since George Woods and Thomas Vickroy laid out the plan for the streets of Pittsburgh in 1784, Market Square has occupied an important place Downtown—geographically, economically, and culturally. In this area where the historic architecture meets recent construction, we will see how PHLF’s work has helped to revive a Downtown core that was once threatened by extensive demolition.
The tour includes residential, commercial, corporate, and hotel buildings, several of which the U.S. Green Building Council has awarded its highest certifications for environmental sustainability. Together, the sites on the tour demonstrate how the combination of historic preservation and thoughtful new development can create a livable urban environment.
Roy Engelbrecht Solo Show at Gallery H
karlhuberillustration and GalleryH are proud to showcase the photography of renowned photographer, Roy Englebrecht in a solo show featuring images of Pittsburgh’s Northside and beyond. The show will run from August 9-23, 2023. Opening reception on Wednesday August 9, from 5:00-7:00 pm, at 909 Western Ave, Pittsburgh.
You’re Invited: North Promenade Project Hard Hat Tour
Join us for a behind the scenes tour of the North Promenade rehabilitation project!
Thank you for advocating the work that happens each day in Pittsburgh’s oldest park! Your continued support inspires us and does not go unnoticed.
As a token of our gratitude and appreciation, we invite you to join us on Friday, August 4, beginning at 12:30 pm, for a Hard Hat Tour: Exclusively for Supporters of Allegheny Commons Park.
Join Brandon Riley, Capital Projects Manager, and other Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy team members for a tour of the latest phase of construction upgrades to the North Promenade.
Thank you for helping the park that you love to grow. Please register below or contact me to reserve your spot; spaces are limited. We hope to see you there!
Sincerely,
Alana Wenk
Director of Advancement
PHLF: Downtown Walking Tour of Fourth Avenue Historic District
Saturday, July 15
10:00 am to 12:00 pm
$20.00 per person
This tour is limited to 20 participants. Tickets will not be available after 11:30 pm on July 14.
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In 1889, Mary Schenley donated 300 acres of land to the City of Pittsburgh to create the park that bears her name. By the turn of the 20th century, the construction of other amenities transformed Oakland into Pittsburgh’s original cultural district.
This tour focuses on the section of Oakland that includes Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens, Carnegie Museums of Art and Natural History, and the main branch of Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, which drew people from around the growing industrial city for respite, enlightenment, and aesthetic pleasure.
Stops at additional sites around these landmark institutions will reveal not only how the neighborhood has continued to evolve, but also the mix of features that still attracts people to Pittsburgh’s original home of culture.
Indie Pop Meets Afro-Soul with Blick Bassy
Blick Bassy
Thursday, July 27
7:00 pm
This concert presents Cameroonian artist Blick Bassy as he tours with his latest album, Mádibá. In it, Blick has chosen to address the environment, with particular focus on the theme of water. The album brings together twelve songs in the form of fables, in which his high and angelic voice dominates, carried by delicate guitar, synthesizer melodies, and sober brass arrangements. At the confluence of several living sources, navigating between Africa and the West, Blick Bassy’s music – for which he mainly uses Bassa, its mother tongue – is distinguished by its mix as much as by its density. The tracks on Mádibá testify to a contemporary and poetic Africanity at the crossroads of soul, folk, and electro. As a whole, the album radiates with intense emotion, which pairs beautifully in this program with Blick’s vibrant performance style.