Allegheny Observatory Bus Stop Restoration Sought

Public access to Pittsburgh's Allegheny Observatory has become a little more difficult since the closest and most logical bus stop, which serves both the Allegheny Observatory and Riverview Park, has been eliminated by the Port Authority of Allegheny County (PAT) public transit system. For out-of-town tourists, or even other city and county residents not from the North Side's Observatory Hill neighborhood, attending tours or lectures at Allegheny Observatory, the Observatory is now more difficult to find and reach by public transit.

In 1912, famous astronomer and telescope-maker John Brashear sited the new Allegheny Observatory away from the center of Pittsburgh on a high hill in a new city park, just one block from a major streetcar line, for easy public access.

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