A few photos here of Highland Park, which is less trail-like and woodsy than Harrison Hills, and much more developed and urban park-like. Space is a little tighter. It’s also much more trafficked, mostly because of the generous walking and biking paths on the streets that run through it. A good chunk of park real estate is taken up by the Pittsburgh Zoo, and there’s spots, particularly on that run around the periphery in the north and northwest areas, where one can definitely smell it.
Here’s the Highland Park Reservoir, facing south and a little bit west. There’s a path, Reservoir Loop Walk, running all around the outside, with two jetties that extend into the reservoir interior:
One of the reservoir residents, off the side of the walk:
Another shot across the reservoir, facing northwest:
The Highland House Tower apartment building, as seen from the park’s Maple Grove Shelter in the park. That’s Bunkerhill Street running through the middle of the photo. Those two red buses are stopped on North St. Claire Street:
One of the boobie statues at the main park entrance, on Bunkerhill Street. A tad hard to see, but the graffiti on her belly says “Vote for Love.” I didn’t know that was possible:
The opposite boobie statue:
The entirety of the eastern side of the main entrance gate:
The plaque on the grand staircase, in the northeast end of the entry gardens. The stairs lead up to the reservoir:
Carnegie Lake, from the southern side. There’s a maintenance type of building in the center there. I wanted to check it out but I forgot:
Carnegie Lake, facing south, opposite direction from the previous photo:
A little creek running alongside a path leading from the Carnegie Lake area to the Sycamore Grove Shelter:
I thought this was one of those fairy doors that people build into trees, but it’s not decorated like one. For some reason I didn’t think of trying to open it:
A bad picture to end on, but this was taken on the side of Reservoir Drive, facing northeast, looking over the Allegheny River. In the left-center you can kinda see a bunch of buildings in the Aspinwall/Sharpsburg area. It was much more apparent to the eye than the camera:
