Remembering West View Park by S. Barton, T.C. Clayton

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A friend we met through Bike–Pgh has alerted us to several murals. This was one of them. Another reminder of a great, local amusement park. For anyone that didn’t grow up having school picnics at West View Park, you missed out. According to popularpittsburgh.com, West View had the first rollercoaster in Pennsylvania to have drops over 50 feet. They were called the Big Dips and in Kiddieland they had a smaller version called the Little Dips. There were plenty of other great rides, but this mural remembers the park with two of the more famous and popular attractions. The other one being Danceland. Big name musical acts performed here for decades. The mural brings back good memories for anyone that grew up around here.

Spak Bros Mural by Keith Knight

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Part of this mural is a homage to the neighborhood and to local graffiti artists past and present. We spoke with some customers of the pizza shop and they directed us toward some very good graffiti under the Bloomfield Bridge, which appears to be the bridge in the mural. The other part of this seems to be a memorial. We don’t know Showtime’s story, but a friend or friends left him a tribute here.

And on the reverse side of the same building: "Welcome to the Phuture"

Summary:

Artist(s): Keith Knight
Address: 5107 Penn Avenue
City: Pittsburgh (Garfield)
Zip Code: 15224

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