Category Archives: Friendship Park (April)

Friendship Park

This is not what one usually imagines when one imagines people urinating in the park.

I spotted this older Bloomfield couple walking in lockstep under a single umbrella on rainy Tuesday, but I only managed to get three seconds of footage before tripping.

A couple fought in the park this morning. He slouched on a bench while she stood in front of him with her hands on her hips. He said something that made her walk away. He yelled something as she left. … Continue reading →

There are two painted rocks nestled in the flower bed of the sitting pavilion at S. Mathilda Street. One is green with orange spots and the other is white with red stripes. But today, the striped rock disappeared from its … Continue reading →

Every so often, some mystery someone sprinkles this mix of dried corn kernels, sunflower seeds and peanuts around the base of the bigger trees in Friendship Park. I’m not sure if the city is doing it, or just a kind-hearted … Continue reading →

Because the park separates the lanes of Friendship at Gross, eastbound traffic can go three ways at the intersection: straight on Friendship, left onto Gross or left in a u-turn back onto Friendship. It’s a three-way intersection stuck onto half … Continue reading →

Of the twelve benches in Friendship Park, only the four along the southern walkway across from the hospital are made of wood and only those four have been carved up. The carvings include names like “Anthony,” “George,” “Karl,” “Renee” and … Continue reading →

So much for that whimsical notion! The electricians returned this morning to replace the two telephone poles they took down yesterday. If my memory of the graffiti is correct, though, they switched them. Now, the one with WORD on it … Continue reading →

Electricians have been working on the lamps in the park off and on this week, digging ditches to repair underground wiring and pulling down some of the older lamps. They dismantled two lamps from the entrance to the park on … Continue reading →

Friendship Park dictates traffic patterns for blocks in every direction, for everyone. It turns Friendship Avenue into an oblong roundabout and it interrupts two small cross streets, S. Milvale and S. Mathilda. Cars coming down those streets must go around … Continue reading →

A two-man team repainted the Immaculate Conception parking lot this morning. As parents pulled into the lot from Friendship Avenue to drop their kids off at the school, a man in a WYEP sweatshirt pushed a rumbling gas-powered spray-painting machine … Continue reading →

It is Palm Sunday and April Fools Day. Throughout the morning, singles and couples and families in their Sunday best cut across the park holding palm fronses and potted plants while neighbors walked their dogs and used plastic newspaper bags … Continue reading →

The format of the Ongoing History of Pittsburgh will be changing slightly for the month of April. The content will be similar to what it is now — categories, overheard conversations and random oddities — but rather than trolling the … Continue reading →