PITTSBURGH, PA (April 16, 2021) Homewood community members are welcomed to provide their input Saturday afternoon on the ongoing plans to upgrade and expand Homewood Park.
The Department of Public Works and its partners will host residents from 1-4 p.m. Saturday, April 17, at the corner of Hamilton and N. Lang Avenues to gather their insights on the project. Refreshments will be provided. (In case of inclement weather the gathering wil be moved to the Community Empowerment Association at 7120 Kelly Street.)
Here is background on the redesign from DPW:
In 2015, Homewood Community Sports (HCS), with the help of Heinz Endowments, Operation Better Block, Neighborhood Allies, Bridging the Gap Development, and The Mission Continues began a grassroots level study of field improvements at Willie Stargell Field. The study identified some of the challenges that the site faces with the existing conditions. Currently, the field serves both as a baseball and football field, however, the field is inadequately sized for both sports.
HCS led an extensive community engagement process in order to develop a Master Plan for the existing Stargell Field and expansion of Homewood Park onto the previous Homewood School property along Hamilton Avenue.
Based on the results of the Master Plan, the City of Pittsburgh's Department of Public Works, along with these essential community partners and the landscape architecture firm Studio Zewde, will be designing the following improvements:
- Site engineering for the development of a combined, regulation-size football and baseball field, seating and site-wide ADA accessibility
- Structural engineering for retaining walls surrounding the site
- Relocation of existing pool and bathhouse/locker room to accommodate field renovations
- Site-wide stormwater management solutions, including cisterns or r-tanks under the athletic fields
- Connection to the Martin Luther King Jr. Busway and renovated pedestrian bridge to Westinghouse Park
- Cultural/performance space with connections to the Afro American Music Institute
- Playground and multi-purpose courts for various youth activities
More information on the redesign is available here.
