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Mellon Park
Park in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Mellon Park is a park in the Shadyside, Point Breeze, and Squirrel Hill neighborhoods of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, straddling both sides of Fifth Avenue, from approximately Shady Avenue to Penn Avenue, the western corner abutting Pittsburgh Center for the Arts building. The southern part of the park is home to the Walled Garden and the park holds events throughout the year. It is also home to several recreational facilities. Although a number of public buses serve the area, and despite the fact it is very close, few people from East Liberty or Friendship neighborhoods visit the southern part of (the public park) Mellon Park. The fact that it is a public park and not private space is unclear from the exterior of the gated part of Mellon Park (the entire large part of Mellon Park that is on the south side of Fifth Avenue is gated, with no sign saying it is part of Mellon Park on any of the entry spaces). The air is very clean on the south side of Mellon Park (which is on a hill that rises above the pollution from the highly-trafficked Fifth Avenue). By contrast, pollution levels on the north side of Mellon Park (north of Fifth Avenue) are high, due to the large amount of gas-powered traffic on roads around it. Many Black children play on the playgrounds and the baseball diamond on the polluted-air north side of the park. Very few Black people enter the (gated and unsigned) South side of Mellon Park, which is where the Walled Garden is.
The park is on the list of landmarks recognized by the Pittsburgh History and Landmarks Foundation (PHLF), and has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places.