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South Side Park (Pittsburgh)

Coordinates: 40°25′16″N 79°58′37″W / 40.421°N 79.977°W / 40.421; -79.977
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South Side Park
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TypeMunicipal Park
LocationPittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Coordinates40°25′16″N 79°58′37″W / 40.421°N 79.977°W / 40.421; -79.977
Area65 acres (260,000 m2)
Operated byPittsburgh Department of Parks & Recreation

South Side Park is an urban park in Pittsburgh. It is situated in a ravine that divides the South Side Slopes neighborhood, and extends to the location of the former Oliver Ormsby estate in Mount Oliver, Pennsylvania, Ormsby Manor.

History

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The park occupies land formerly used by the St. Clair Incline, and the former site of a Sankey brick works.

Plant Species

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Invasive Species: 1. Vitis 2. Reynoutria japonica (syn. Fallopia japonica) 3. Alliaria petiolata 4. Lonicera japonica 5. Menispermum canadense 6. Catalpa speciosa 7. Cirsium arvense 8. Celastrus orbiculatus

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