Frick Park

Frick Park

Infobox park
park=Frick Park


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type=Municipal Park
location=Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
coordinates=coord|40.432314|N|79.904904|W|type:landmark
size=600 Acres
opened=1927
operator=
annual visitors=
status=

Frick Park is the largest municipal park in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, covering convert|600|acre|km2.

The park began when Henry Clay Frick, upon his death in 1919, bequeathed convert|150|acre|km2 south of Clayton, his Point Breeze mansion. He also arranged for a $2 million trust fund for long-term maintenance for the park, which opened in 1927. The park was enlarged from Point Breeze into Squirrel Hill to the border of Edgewood.

External links

* [http://www.pittsburghparks.org Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy]
* [http://www.city.pittsburgh.pa.us/parks/index.html Pittsburgh Dept. of Parks & Recreation website]


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