McBride Community Park, Lincoln Place: 1785 McBride Avenue
“It’s Halloween; I guess everyone’s entitled to one good scare.” ~ Sheriff Leigh Brackett, Halloween (1978)
Looking to extend your Halloween celebrations with an outing to an appropriately gothic setting? You may find the lower end of McBride Community Park enticing. Located deep in the southeastern hills of Pittsburgh, this Lincoln Place park looks fairly standard on the initial approach: dek hockey, athletic courts, an outdoor seasonal swimming pool with a playground… but continue down the road, away from the amenities, and you’ll find the charred and rotting remains of an old-time park shelter, complete with a rustic hearth, graffiti, and (sigh) litter. Surrounded by soaring trees and bathed in mottled light, one can only imagine the ghoulish and creepy tales these old stones hold…
… which likely pale in comparison to mid-summer conditions inside the pair of Port-O-Johns lurking by the parking lot.
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