Point of View Park

History and notable features

This parklet sits on the edge of Mount Washington (Grandview Avenue at Sweetbriar Street) on the westernmost end of Grand View Scenic Byway Park, of which it is a part, and the Grand View Scenic Byway, a designated Pennsylvania scenic byway.Diana Nelson Jones (2006), Point of View sculpture installation: story from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved May 12, 2007.

The park is named for a landmark 2006 public sculpture in bronze by James A. West, Point of View. This piece depicts George Washington and the Seneca leader Guyasuta, with their weapons down, in a face-to-face meeting in October 1770, when the two men met while Washington was in the area examining land for future settlement along the Ohio River.

Before the dedication of the park in October 2006 by mayor Luke Ravenstahl, it had been known by locals as "Photography Park" because of its popularity with tourists who perched on the concrete overlook taking pictures of the cityscape below.

References

References

1. [https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/01-02-02-0005-0029 "Remarks & Occurrs. in October 1770," Founders Online, National Archives. ''The Diaries of George Washington,'' vol. 2, 14 January 1766 – 31 December 1770, ed. Donald Jackson. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1976, pp. 286–307.]