At just over one square mile, Frick Park is a Pittsburgh jewel. The park is home to a wide diversity of plants, animals, and other living organisms; native, introduced, sometimes invasive. It is a place for people to get together, and to find solitude. And throughout the pandemic, it was a refuge. Here is a distillation of an ongoing project documenting the park, begun in March of 2020.
Iron Gate Trail, November, 2022
September 2023.
February, 2021.
Emma, June, 2023.
Fern Hollow, November, 2022.
Trough Trail, June, 2023.
Cornelian cherry, March, 2022.
November, 2022.
November, 2024.
May, 2023.
Amber, September, 2024.
Nine Mile Run, March, 2023.
Amanita, July, 2023.
Iron Gate Trail, October, 2022.
J.B., November, 2024.
Wild carrot, June, 2023.
April, 2023.
Bailey, September, 2024.
July, 2022.
False turkey tails, October, 2023.
April, 2023.
Alison, December, 2024.
Norway maple, November, 2022.
November , 2022.
February, 2021.
May, 2023.
May, 2023.
October, 2020.
Dave, June 2026
April, 2023.
August, 2023.
October, 2022.
November, 2022.
Nyjah, August 2025
December, 2020.
Milkweed, milkweed beetles, November, 2022.
Colleen, May, 2024.
January, 2021.
Eric and Tamara, November, 2024.
November, 2023.
November, 2022.
Angela, July 2025
October, 2020.
Lesser celandine, March, 2024.
Falls Ravine Trail, June, 2023.
Raisa and Ludmila, June 2026
The Blue Slide, October, 2022.
January, 2024.
October, 2020.
Roger, September 2025
October, 2022.
View from Clayton Hill, February, 2024.
Apple tree, September, 2023.
Cornelius, August, 2023.
Snake root, October, 2022.
Teresa, Robin, Cheryl and Harvey, January, 2025
May, 2022.
November, 2022.
November, 2023.
January, 2024.
November, 2022.
Larry, September, 2024.
American cancer root, May, 2022.
April, 2023.
July, 2023.
Joan, January, 2025.
Concrete trail, January 2024.
Trough trail, June, 2023.
February, 2021.
Bob, January, 2025.
October, 2020.
November, 2022.
February, 2024.
December, 2024.
May, 2023.
November, 2022.
February, 2024.
Zach, January, 2025.
November, 2024.
November, 2024.
May, 2024.
Jack, October, 2024.
September, 2024.
February, 2021.
August, 2022.
Teri, September, 2024.
September, 2023.
Fern Hollow, December 2022.
Clayton, January, 2024.
Rohan, May 2025
Nine Mile Run, March 2026
Michael, November 2024