Olmsted Report The following images and text have been excerpted from Pittsburgh Main Thoroughfares and the Down Town District: Improvements Necessary to Meet the City's Present and Future Needs, A Report by Frederick Law Olmsted    "Perhaps the most striking opportunity noted for a large park, is the valley of Nine Mile Run. Its long meadows of varying width would make ideal playfields; the stream, when it is freed from sewage, will be an attractive and interesting element in the landscape; the wooded slopes on either side give ample opportunity for enjoyment of the forest, for shaded walks and cool resting places." -Frederick Law Olmsted Jr., 1910  Next Page   map of Nine Mile Run Olmsted on Nine Mile Run Olmsted on Steep Hillsides  Olmsted on Special Park Opportunities