Site Inventory & Analysis

Advantages

• Access to ample amounts of greenspace and river

• Already existing bike, pedestrian, trail, and vehicular infrastructure 

• Surrounded by existing neighborhoods, infrastructure, greenspace, and trails 

Challenges

• Environmental contamination 

• “Tabula rasa” proposals in the Preliminary Land Development Plan not tying back to/co-existing with existing communities

• Lack of transitional space between building, residential types 

• Site isolated

• Lack of designated park connections

Potential

• Increased river and greenspace access in an urban context through redevelopment

• Can connect communities to trail networks via greenways (ex. biking from Scotch Bottom to Schenley Park)

• Proposed urban development can create a transitional community from suburban Hazelwood to downtown Pittsburgh