Winter in the Northside’s Riverview Park is great for wildlife viewing, night hikes, and birding. Photo: David Bennett, Sean Brady, and David Grinnell were participants in the recent Audubon Christmas Bird Count, the nation's "longest-running community science bird project." Courtesy of Ranger Nancy...

A favorite winter activity in Riverview Park is looking for great horned owls.  Photo: Wikimedia Commons Winter provides surprising opportunities in Riverview Park: There is no better time to explore the park’s landscape, tree shapes, and animal behavior. Although it gets dark early, the park is sti...

Horse riding in Riverview Park was a common sight 60 years ago, Ranger Nancy Schaefer explains.  Photos courtesy of Nancy Schaefer It’s a fascinating feature of Riverview Park that four miles from downtown Pittsburgh, you may encounter people riding horses. It’s an activity that’s occurred here sinc...

Collapsing roads in and around Riverview Park are more a result of the land’s ecology and overbrowsing deer than politics. Photo courtesy of Nancy Schaefer Visitors to Riverview Park take note of collapsing roads and suggest that they are the result of politics. Without a doubt, all city parks are d...

At the first of four planned community engagement meetings on March 2, Northside residents told architectural firm IKM and Civil & Environmental Consultants what they thought was good, bad, and had potential when it came to the Grand Avenue Riverview Park entrance of Riverview Park. Story and photos...

The money will fund the initial design phase of the project. By Ashlee Green Sen. Wayne Fontana awarded $200,000 in funding, provided through the Gaming Economic Development Fund, to the Davis Avenue Pedestrian Bridge project in Pittsburgh’s Northside. The money, awarded in November, will fund the i...

The Second Annual RP Day took place in Riverview Park on Sunday, Sept. 29. RP Day activities included cyclocross races, musical performances by Colonel Eagleburgers Highstepping Goodtime Band, Sierra Sellers , and the Bill Henry Band, puppetry by the David T. English Puppet Company, and clowning by ...

The grant, approved by the Commonwealth Financing Authority, will fund a project that aims to improve trails and safety in the park. By Ashlee Green Photo: This watershed runoff point near the intersection of Mairdale Avenue and Riverview Drive is a priority target for the Woods Run Stormwater Manag...

This weekend in the Northside: The annual Autumn House Press fall fundraiser at Wigle Whiskey, a Star Party in Riverview Park, a meet and greet with the Pittsburgh Police K-9 Unit, and more.  Photo of Authors Tiana Clark, S. Brook Corfman, Cameron Barnett, and Malcolm Friend courtesy of Autumn House...

This weekend in the Northside: Jazz Conspiracy Big Band is back at the Allegheny Elks Lodge #339, the CreativeMornings/Pittsburgh monthly breakfast lecture series features Summer Lee, KISMET art exhibit opens at City Books, and more. Photo of the Allegheny Elks Lodge #339 in Historic Deutschtown by ...