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neighborhood: Allegheny
Commons Park West Park, Allegheny Commons Park North Park, and Allegheny Commons Park East Park. The West Park portion is the largest of the three, and it has housed the
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A non-profit organization, The
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visited the city from March 20â22, 1842, during his
American tour. He visited the prison and some scholars believe conditions at the facility inspired elements of the classic
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on March 18, 1864. Although conditions were good for the time, at least eight
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in John Redick's 1784 town plan. It was re-made into a municipal park in the 1860s by landscape architects hired by
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a dozen miles to the west. It held them from August 5, 1863, until they were transferred to a military fort in
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Note, however, that it did not become part of
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The park was once free grazing land which surrounded the first 32 blocks of
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operated in the present day park. It was demolished in 1880. In 1882 a
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is a historic shaved ice stand in
Pittsburgh's Allegheny Commons Park.
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Allegheny
Commons Park has three main parts, all of which are in the
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Municipal park located in the North Side region of
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bearing its name was completed a few blocks west, along the
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395:"The next page: Reviving the North Side's "Lost City""
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Location of the
Allegheny Commons Park in Pittsburgh
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974:Rodef Shalom Biblical Botanical Garden
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783:Pittsburgh/Western State Penitentiary
412:Lowry, Patricia (November 24, 2001).
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306:List of Pittsburgh neighborhoods
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937:North Shore Riverfront
348:"Allegheny Center Map"
22:Allegheny Commons Park
498:Richard Mellon Scaife
97:40.453444; -80.012194
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207:Western Penitentiary
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70:Coordinates
1028:Categories
996:South Side
905:Hays Woods
849:Pittsburgh
788:Waynesburg
778:Greensburg
773:Graterford
620:Smithfield
615:Huntingdon
594:Pine Grove
585:(supermax)
578:Frackville
472:2011-05-22
428:3 November
358:2010-10-06
334:References
327:, in 1907.
248:New Jersey
221:Ohio River
217:new prison
167:North Side
64:Pittsburgh
51:Pittsburgh
963:Riverview
957:PPG Place
661:Houtzdale
610:Camp Hill
980:Schenley
942:Phillips
911:Highland
676:Somerset
671:Rockview
503:June 29,
448:Archived
422:Archived
399:Archived
381:Archived
300:See also
43:Location
793:Retreat
768:Cresson
740:Private
708:Waymart
666:Mahanoy
651:Chester
589:Phoenix
568:Fayette
555:prisons
254:Gallery
177:History
140:Website
108:Created
922:Mellon
756:Closed
697:Mercer
656:Dallas
636:Albion
583:Greene
573:Forest
124:Status
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843:Parks
730:Muncy
312:Notes
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