About Us

Mission

Riverlife’s mission is simple: To reclaim, restore and promote Pittsburgh’s riverfronts as the environmental, recreational, cultural and economic hub for the people of this region and our visitors.

Riverlife (formerly Riverlife Task Force) is a public-private partnership established in 1999 to guide and advocate for the redevelopment of Pittsburgh’s riverfronts. Riverlife works to reconnect Pittsburgh with its rivers by bringing recreation, ecological restoration and economic opportunity back to our waterfronts.

Today, Riverlife’s stewardship extends up the Allegheny River to the 31st Street Bridge, down the Monongahela River to the Hot Metal Bridge, and along the Ohio River to the West End Bridge. Through a variety of public-private partnerships integrating the efforts of state, city, and private developers, Riverlife points proudly to a host of projects already in place, with several currently underway and more planned for the future. This seamless sequence of open spaces for civic engagement will ultimately knit our neighborhoods together and reconnect us with our living environment.

News & Events

News & Events

04.19.2012

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Get off the couch and into a kayak!

Southwestern PA's Great Outdoors Week is May 11-20


News & Events

03.12.2012

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Special design presentation for Mon Wharf/Wood Street portal

Collaboration between Nobuho Nagasawa, LaQuatra Bonci will be shown Friday March 16


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Pittsburgh, PA 15219

phone 412.258.6636 | fax 412.258.6633

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    You're invited: Monday, Nov. 8 at 2:30 pm Riverlife Please join Mayor Ravenstahl, Senator Casey and other project partners for a celebration of $1.5M in federal funding for the Allegheny Riverfront Green Boulevard this Monday, Nov. 8 at 2:30 pm in Lawrenceville.

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    City, Riverlife receive $1.5M in federal funding for green transportation along Allegheny Riverfront Riverlife Incredible news regarding federal funding for the development of green transportation along Pittsburgh's Allegheny Riverfront. Planning will be starting soon for light rail, trail and riverfront development in the Strip District, Lawrenceville and other n

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  • Riverlife's RiverLibations: Penn Brewery
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  • Mon Wharf construction
  • Mon Wharf construction

Punk rock planning along the Allegheny Riverfront?

Riverlife's Lisa Schroeder says parks and trails don't need to Clash


Students tackle trash and invasive weeds along the riverfronts

Point State Park and the Mon Wharf spruced up during volunteer day with Point Park students, Riverlife