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Background[]
The Highland Park neighborhood is listed, as of September 2007, on the National Register of Historic Places as the [ http://www.nps.gov/nr/listings/20070907.HTM Highland Park Residential Historic District].
- National Register designation is a big honor for our neighborhood. It
also increases the financial incentives for some private property owners to maintain the historic character of the Highland park neighborhood.
The Highland Park Community Development Corporation began the nomination process back in 1995 with surveys of more than 1,300 structures, documentation of their historic qualities (both social and architectural), and an evaluation of significance by local, state, and federal preservation professionals.
Highland Park residents David Hance, Charlie Uhl, and Mike Eversmeyer played a big role in getting the listing. No doubt big thanks should go to others as well. the neighborhood.
- Under Federal law, private property owners can do anything they wish
with their National Register-listed property, provided that no Federal license, permit, or funding is involved.
- Owners have no obligation to open their properties to the public, to
restore them, or even to maintain them, if they choose not to do so.
- Federal agencies whose projects affect a listed property must give the
Advisory Council on Historic Preservation an opportunity to comment on the project and its effects on the property.
- Owners of listed properties may be able to obtain Federal historic
preservation funding, when funds are available. In addition, Federal investment tax credits for rehabilitation and other provisions may apply.
Insights[]
Highland Park on Stanton Avenue in Pittsburgh dates back to the late 1700s when the area was settled by Alexander Negley and his family. In 1893 Highland Park opened as a city park, thanks to Edward Bigelow who was then Director of Public Works.
A lake for boating, swimming, and ice skating was built in 1894. The Pittsburgh Zoo & Aquarium, formerly known as the Highland Park Zoo, was built in 1898. In 1934 the lake was filled and converted to a swimming pool.
The park has nine outdoor tennis courts, picnic areas, a 50-meter outdoor swimming pool, a smaller kids pool with shallow water, the Highland Park Reservoir (a favorite spot for walkers) and the PPG Zoo and Aquarium.
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