Pittsburgh Rogers Statue Progress17 Oct
The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review has an update on the Tribute to Children memorial that’s being created near Heinz Field in Pittsburgh. For those not in the know, it’s essentially going to be a small park on the North Shore that will include a stylized 10-foot-tall statue of Fred Rogers by renown sculptor Robert Berks — Rogers was a fan of his work.
The statue itself has been completed for some time, but progress on the site construction has been slow. Our takeaway from the article is that beaucracy has had more than a little to do with it.
Sources close to the project tell Save MRN that it might be ready for March 20, 2009, what would have been Fred Rogers’ 81st birthday. We’ll keep you posted.
Credit: Astorino/Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Here’s a glimpse at the sculture and the park courtesy of the Pittsburgh-Post Gazette.
I want mr. rogers neighborhood back please. Babies were born in the last almost 44 years since mister rogers first went on the air in 1965. It will change unless you pbs kids stations would put mister rogers neighborhood back. Thank you very much.