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Moore Park was built in 1939. This
photo was taken in 1910 showing the fields of the Paul Farm. The Paul's owned
much of the land in this section of Brookline. Over the years the land was
parced and sold as lots. The 10 acres that would one day become Moore Park
became city property in lieu of back taxes. The community purchased the land
from the city to be developed into a park.
As the country emerged from the
Depression years, a city-wide effort was begun to construct parks throughout
the many Pittsburgh neighborhoods. The 10 acres in Brookline became Joseph F.
Moore Park, named after the former principal of Brookline School who had
worked tirelessly to see that the kids of Brookline had a place to
play. The spot where the tree stands in
the foreground is approximately the middle of the small baseball field,
near second base. The playground is on the bluff to the left, and the
building and swimming pool are on the fields nearer the treeline. Brookline was once a prosperous
farming community, and this is what most of the community looked like before
development. The area has changed considerable over the last ninety-odd
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