The Duquesne Tunnel and Trail Ribbon Cutting Ceremony

Destination: DUQUESNE, along the Great Allegheny Passage 135 miles have been finished. One more gap to go!

You are cordially invited to join the Allegheny County Executive, the Mayor of the City of Duquesne, the Steel Valley Trail Council, and the Allegheny Trail Alliance to celebrate the ribbon cutting for the Duquesne Tunnel & Trail

October 2, 2009 ~ 10:30 a.m. at the RIDC Industrial Park in Duquesne

Arriving by car: Enter Grant Ave. from Rt. 837

Arriving by bicycle: Park in the McKeesport RIDC and come over the Riverton Bridge

For more information call: 724-527-6905
RSVP: admin@atatrail.org

The Unkillable Human has returned

Friends of the Riverfront is pleased to announce that the "Unkillable Human" sculpture is back where it belongs on the Three Rivers Heritage Trail, after it was stolen and damaged a few weeks ago. The statue has been completely restored and reinstalled.

The seven foot tall iron sculpture, create by artist Frederick Franck, represents a significant installation on this segment of the Three Rivers Heritage Trail. Beside the sculpture, a granite tablet reveals the sculptor's inspiration for the piece, "came about on my return from Hiroshima, where burned into a concrete wall I saw the shadow of the fellow human evaporated the moment the Bomb struck. Through the empty negative - mere flames of steel - one sees the Human rising like a Phoenix from its ashes.

You can find our original post about the theft here: http://friendsoftheriverfront.blogspot.com/2009/08/normal-0-false-false-false-en-us-x-none.html