[PRCo] Re: Open space, east end Pittsburgh

[Derrick J Brashear]

On Wed, 10 Dec 2008, Schneider Fred wrote:

> Here is a link to the history of Frick Park.   Frick gave the city
> 150 acres behind his home and a $2 million endowment.   The money was
> used to buy more land as it came available.   Today it is the largest
> city park, with 600 acres.    (That 1.136 square miles if I did the
> math right.)   Remember that this was open land.   If you take the
> tour of Clayton, the Frick home, they will tell you how many
> millionaires lived in the neighborhood.   They all had big estates.
> Westinghouse, down the street from Frick, had a trolley running in
> his back yard.   I have a print of his experimental AC single truck
> car in the back yard.   Everybody should have a back yard big enough
> for a trolley museum!
>
> http://www.pittsburghparks.org/History22.php

Toured Frick's mansion this past weekend, first time. His daughter felt he 
was misunderstood, and preserved his house for posterity.

The Heinzes also lived in the area. The Heinz exhibit at the history 
center included at least one picture.