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| Schenley Plaza has been the focus of numerous schemes and dreams since the early 1900s, when Oakland began to develop as Pittsburgh’s cultural center. The site underwent an unlikely transformation from a woodland habitat to a municipal dump to a grand entranceway into Pittsburgh’s first great urban park, only to become swallowed later by asphalt and cars. This exhibition tells the story of the plaza’s evolution into what is now a major new work of urban landscape architecture. By revealing changing ideas about the function of public space and the role of ecology in the city, the story is richly significant not only for Pittsburgh but for cities everywhere. | ||||||||
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Resounding
Spirit: October 30, 2006 through December 9, 2006 |
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