Run, rabbit, run
Thursday
– photo by Mitch Waxman
Recent endeavor found your humble narrator driving over to a section of Pittsburgh called ‘The Run’ which adjoins Schenley Park. I wasn’t visiting or exploring the community, rather passing through and I was following a trail map which led through the park.
At the nearby end of the Eliza Furnace Trail is found a parking lot, where the Mobile Oppression Platform had been berthed. I should have looked more deeply at the trail maps, as I could have parked a bit closer to my destination, but I’m never one to complain about a bit of extra walking.
That’s Pittsburgh’s Second Avenue pictured above, and the large property on the right is called ‘Blair Park,’ but it used to be part of a Steel Mill (or so I’m told). Still learning about this joint, me.
– photo by Mitch Waxman
Second bends onto Saline Street, which then leads into a neighborhood called ‘the Run.’ There’s a great local YouTube channel, produced by a fellow named Dean Bog, that offers a nice short about this area – check it out here.
Bog’s inventory of videos explore the various communities in the Pittsburgh Metro area, and they impart the ‘vibe’ encountered when exploring the habitations of the local human infestation. Here’s one about the part of town where HQ can be found and where a humble narrator dwells – the Borough of Dormont.
– photo by Mitch Waxman
My goal for the afternoon, beyond getting some exercise and seeing a place which was novel and new, was to get to a spot called Panther Hollow in Schenley Park. The ‘front door’ to this park is nearby the campuses of PITT and Carnegie Mellon University, whereas a ‘back door’ is found down here.
Back tomorrow with more.
“follow” me on Twitter- @newtownpentacle
Buy a book!
“In the Shadows at Newtown Creek,” an 88 page softcover 8.5×11 magazine format photo book by Mitch Waxman, is now on sale at blurb.com for $30.
The Newtown Pentacle 
Dean Bog’s tour of Dormont – enjoyed that! “Live out your quiet years here”. The Dormont Pool reminds me of Astoria’s as a cherished neighborhood feature. His address to the elementary school ball team is so remindful of Rik Mayall.
dbarms8878
April 4, 2024 at 9:59 pm