Closed swim pool dot the city. We've got nearly 20 that were opened a few years ago that are still just places for bugs to fester.
City owned indoor ice rink that has been closed for too many years. This is the lone indoor ice rink in the city, other than the 45-year old Civic Arena, of course. The Penguins once helped to put a building on this rink. Then they departed.
Tunnel Vision. Photo from near the Pgh Convention Center.
City sewer, curb, infrastructure, water mains, walkways, retention walls, hillsides, -- and more.
Park property. We've come to expect this condition in public spaces, for months on end.
Reams pool stairway.
Saviors of Reams Pool in Mt. Washington.
Coach Hosea with swimmers at Highland Park Pool
The jumping in was a short term band-aid. I called for a long-term approach to co-exist with urgent actions. I'm still waiting for others on Grant Street to have a vision about kids and community.
Mark Rauterkus at CCAC's pool in 2002.
Inside the close swim pool.
CCAC's P.E. Building.
Bill Truehart, Pgh Foundation.
Eslie Hillman - happened like magic
Lies of Tom Murphy
Swim Mom. Help the children.
Swim Mom worked as a lifeguard.
Sala Udin. He is gone from City Council.
Bill Truehart, Elsie Hillman, Tom Murphy, Gene Ricciardi, Luke Ravenstahl, Sala Udin, Dan Frankle.
Swim Mom didn't care about the foundation crumbs.
Swim Mom with great messages about parenting.
Grant at Pittsburgh Zoo. Elephant ride. 'Fall and can't get up.'
Heinz Field, from the river, with a Coast Guard boat in the foreground.
Mon River from above on the 10th Street Bridge.
Donavan's football team gets some coaching after a game.
Wilburn holding the sticks at the South Side Sabers football game.
Red white and blue swim trunks.
Stairs that lead to nowhere near McArdle Roadway.
Empty School building.
Building in Beltzhoover. Empty School. Pay $300 a day for this.
Empty public building.
Empty Building! Pay $300 a day!
empty Moore Pool
Moore swim pool, empty
Moore swim pool.
City of Pittsburgh - Moore Rec Center, 1939
Rain covered tennis courts at Moore Rec Center.
Empty swim pool at Moore Park, Pittsburgh.
South Side Sabers play football here.
Pavement has grass growing in the cracks. Pulling the grass can help the pavement last longer.
Nice to have new basketball nets. Thank!
Pavement in the parks needs to be repaired.
Lines are deep and cracked.
basketball court is cracked.
Cracked pavement on basketball court.
Park grounds got some mulch and ground cover -- rather than the hard dirt.
new signs on South Side: Riverfront Trail.
Fence is left to decline in value and worth. Maintain the resources.
Park fences around playgrounds are in need of regular repair.
Small fixes can be touched up easier than wholesale replacements.
Fence is missing top pole.
Two benches sit in the fence opening to keep the dogs from running onto the playground.
Minor fence fix is needed.
Fence from playground to sidewalk and 12th Street is missing.
Other view.
South Side Swimmers
Citiparks swim meet in 2008. Swim pool deck.
Highland Park Swim Pool in Pittsburgh on the day of the Citiparks Swim Meet in 2008.
Citiparks Swim Meet in 2008. Grant is getting ready to swim in the middle lane.
Grant talks with the fellow competitors at the Citiparks swim meet in August 2008.
Grant Rauterkus in August 2008 at the Citiparks Swim Meet.
South Side Serpents - 2008 squad - at the Citiparks Swim Meet in August 2008. Grant is far left and Erik is bottom row on the right.
Swim Team -- South Side Serpents - August 2008 - in Highland Park Pool at the Citiparks Swim Meet.
Relaxing at the swim pool at the Citiparks Meet.
Grant and Nikki, 2008 August, at Citiparks Swim Meet.
Getting ready to swim races at the swim meet. Mai is the coach in the middle. Erik at far right.