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  Location of the Welcome Sculptures in Pittsburgh | |
| Location | North Highland Avenue entrance of Highland Park, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA |
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| Coordinates | 40°28′42.7″N79°54′57.7″W / 40.478528°N 79.916028°W |
| Built/founded | 1896 |
| CPHD designated | [1] |
The Welcome Sculptures at the North Highland Avenue entrance of Highland Park in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, are sculpted statues by Giuseppe Moretti that were erected in 1896. These sculptures are on the List of City of Pittsburgh historic designations. [1]
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Giuseppe Moretti was an Italian émigré sculptor who became known in the United States for his public monuments in bronze and marble. Notable among his works is Vulcan in Birmingham, Alabama, which is the largest cast iron statue in the world. On a personal level, Moretti was "known for his eclectic personality and for always wearing a green tie," but professionally, is claimed to be "the first man to use aluminum in art." Moretti enjoyed some celebrity in his lifetime, and was a friend of famed Italian tenor Enrico Caruso. It is even reported that the singer repeatedly praised Moretti's voice.
Stephen Foster is a landmark public sculpture in bronze by Giuseppe Moretti formerly located on Schenley Plaza in the Oakland section of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Formerly sited along Forbes Avenue near the entrance of Carnegie Museum of Natural History, in the shadow of Dippy, a life-size sculpture of a Diplodocus dinosaur, and in close proximity to the University of Pittsburgh's Stephen Foster Memorial, the Foster statue is one of the city's best known and most controversial. It was removed on April 26, 2018 on the unanimous vote of the Pittsburgh Art Commission.
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The King Estate is located at 5501 Elgin Street in the Highland Park neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
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Highland Park is a large municipal park in the northeastern part of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It is located in Pittsburgh's Highland Park neighborhood. The park extends along the northern and eastern borders of the neighborhood, following the Allegheny River and Negley Run.
Preservation Pittsburgh is a non-profit advocacy group founded in 1991 to support the preservation of historic, architectural, cultural, and environmental sites and buildings within Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
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