'They're Selling the Soul of Pittsburgh'

Summary


As construction workers pile debris above the remnants of Fort Pitt to prepare for a $35 million renovation of Point State Park, critics are fuming that the project is uprooting a part of Pittsburgh's cherished past.

The plan to transform the city side of the park into festival grounds has come at the expense of seven oak trees planted about 50 years ago when the park was created.

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'They're Selling the Soul of Pittsburgh'

The trees are "55 years old and they could have lived another 150 years," former Allegheny County Chief Executive Jim Roddey said. "T...

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