Steel City Eve

20 August 2016 00:00

Join us in Pittsburgh, PA on August 20th, 2016 for an all-day Eve Meet and celebration of Rixx Javix's 50th Birthday! We have rented a a pavilion at beautiful North Park for the entire day, alcohol license provided (BYOB) and we'll be cooking hotdogs and hamburgers. Donations accepted, bring your own desserts, or sides, or whatever. We hope to see you there!



Here are the details for Steel City Eve.

Our meet will be at the Parish Hill House in the lovely North Park, a huge county park. Please obey posted speed limits in the park; you will be ticketed for speeding here.

The meet date is August 20th, we have the rental from 8:00 am until midnight. We will be there early to setup. We don't have a planned schedule of events for the day other than food, fun, and birthday cake to celebrate Rixx's 50th birthday. So feel free to stop by early then enjoy the park for a bit and come back to the meet.

We have attempted to provide links to any information you might need for your trip to Steel City Eve, if you have additional questions let us know. We hope you can make it! So here are all of the important details.

Please note: If you have not been to Pittsburgh before traffic can be a bear here. We do not have a beltway through the city and the tunnels that connect outlaying suburbs to the city can be a major choke point any time of the year for any reason. Fortunately North park is in a suburb that doesn't require a tunnel to access the city but the area is a bustling suburb with a lot of traffic lights.

Location

Parish Hill House in North Park

Walter Rd, Allison Park, PA 15101

There is no street address, please use these directions I lifted from someone's wedding page in addition to google maps to get you there:

From Pittsburgh: Mcknight Road will be the best pathway to Parish Hill House. Bear right just after the Peebles Rd intersection onto Babcock Blvd. Follow the winding road for about a mile and a half and then turn left onto Kummer Rd. Another mile or so and make a right onto Walter Rd. Stay left at the fork and Parish Hill will be on the left about a half mile out.

From I-79:Heading north towards Erie, PA, take exit 73 onto Wexford Bayne Rd. Follow for the next four miles through the suburban North Hills communities and then make a right onto Pearce Mill Rd. This will get you into North Park. Then after about a mile and a half, turn right onto Walter Rd and follow to Parish Hill on the right just after the North Park church.

For GPS-Type Guests: Type McCandless Township as the city and Walter Rd as the street.

SIGN-UP SHEET

We ask that you use the following google doc to sign up to bring whatever else you might want to share. We've also included a column to bring games or footballs and the like.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1nC5JbtViANwN5E_oFsQb-rfGhvJumlo7EmkxZpZy0lw/edit?usp=sharing

If you don't want to be bothered with bringing or buying something give us a holler and we can buy or make for you for the cost of ingredients. We also recommend bringing a camping type/ portable chair if you want. There are numerous picnic tables in the facility but the upstairs of the barn is empty with the exception of some benches built into the walls and the lot where the barn is located does not have any additional seating.

The facility has a kitchen, counter space, bathrooms and plenty of picnic tables (in the lower level).

North Park Rules and regulations and a map of the park

http://www.alleghenycounty.us/uploadedFiles/Allegheny_Home/Dept-Content/Parks/resources/maps/North%20Park%20Map.pdf

Food and Drink

Rixx and I will provide the following items:

Hot dogs

Hamburgers

Condiments/Toppings

Utensils/Paper Products/Cups

Bottled water

Birthday Cake

We will have an alcohol permit so that alcohol may be consumed.We are not providing alcohol or beverages other than bottled water so please bring your own for you or to share.



Things to do in North Park

Boat and Bike rentals at the lake

https://www.ventureoutdoors.org/kayak-pittsburgh/kayak-pittsburgh-north-park/

Zip Line and tree Top adventure

https://goape.com/zip-line/pennsylvania-north-park

Mountain Biking

http://www.singletracks.com/bike-trails/north-park.html

Swimming Pool

http://www.alleghenycounty.us/parks/activities/water-sports/pools.aspx

Fishing at North Park Lake

http://fishandboat.com/fishpub/summary/yearround.html

Golf

http://www.alleghenycounty.us/parks/activities/golfing.aspx

Trail Maps of North Park

http://www.alleghenycounty.us/parks/resources/maps/index.aspx

General Pittsburgh Links

http://www.warhol.org/

http://www.carnegiemuseums.org/

http://www.heinzhistorycenter.org/fort-pitt/

http://www.mattress.org/

https://phipps.conservatory.org/

https://www.aviary.org/

http://www.carnegiesciencecenter.org/

https://pittsburghkids.org/

http://www.pittsburghzoo.org/

http://www.heinzhistorycenter.org/

http://www.thefrickpittsburgh.org/

Visit Station Square, Ride the incline and visit Mt. Washington observation deck

http://www.stationsquare.com/info/inclines

http://www.duquesneincline.org/

http://www.visitpittsburgh.com/about-pittsburgh/neighborhoods/mt-washington/

More to see and do

http://www.visitpittsburgh.com/about-pittsburgh/history/

http://www.pitt.edu/~aobsvtry/

http://www.gatewayclipper.com/

http://www.justduckytours.com/

http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/stateparks/findapark/point/

http://www.nationalityrooms.pitt.edu/about/cathedral-learning

http://www.toonseum.org/

https://madeinpgh.com/15-places-in-pittsburgh-youve-never-been-but-need-to-go/

https://www.kennywood.com/

https://www.sandcastlewaterpark.com/

Places to stay:

We weren't able to secure any discounts but here is a sampling of nearby places to stay

Home2 Suites by Hilton Pittsburgh/McCandless, PA

8630 Duncan Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15237

(412) 630-8400



La Quinta Inn & Suites Pittsburgh North

4859 McKnight Rd, Pittsburgh, PA 15237

Phone:(412) 366-5200



Comfort Inn

4607 McKnight Rd, Pittsburgh, PA 15237

(412) 415-3867

Many Hotels in Cranberry, PA 16066 which is close to the park, but not as close the others:

Holiday Inn Express Pittsburgh-Cranberry

20003 US-19, Cranberry Twp, PA 16066

Phone:(724) 772-1000



Super 8 Mars/Cranberry/Pittsburgh Area

929 Sheraton Dr, Mars, PA 16046

Phone:(724) 776-9700



Pittsburgh Marriott North

100 Cranberry Woods Dr, Cranberry Twp, PA 16066

Phone:(724) 772-3700

Camping sites:

Not super close to the park, but certainly a reasonable distance

Indian Brave Campgrounds

Address: 159 Perry Hwy, Harmony, PA 16037

Phone:(724) 452-9204

http://indianbravecampground.net/



Buttercup Woodlands Campground

Address: 854 Evans City Rd, Renfrew, PA 16053

Phone:(724) 789-9340

http://www.buttercup.org/



In PA beer can be purchased in small quantities at some Giant Eagle or Whole Foods grocery stores or larger quantities at beer distributors.

Liquor is sold only in state run liquor stores (some Giant Eagle grocery stores have liquor stores in the store).

Wexford beer is near North Park:

http://www.wexfordbeer.com/

McIntyre Beer

Located in:McIntyre Square

Address: McIntyre Square, McIntyre Square Dr, Pittsburgh, PA 15237

Phone:(412) 366-6255

Hampton Beer Outlet

Address: 4706 William Flynn Hwy, Allison Park, PA 15101

Phone:(412) 487-2310



Fine Wine & Good Spirits

Address: Wexford, PA 15090

Phone:(724) 933-1120

http://www.finewineandgoodspirits.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/StoreCatalogDisplay?storeId=10051&catalogId=10051&langId=-1