South Side Park (Pittsburgh)

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.

South Side Park
TypeMunicipal Park
LocationPittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Coordinates40.421°N 79.977°W / 40.421; -79.977
Area65 acres (260,000 m2)
Operated byPittsburgh Department of Parks & Recreation

History

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

Plant Species

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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