Robert J. Feikema, a human services administrator, lives in Mt. Lebanon. No heroes are honored. No politician stakes his claim. When the sun sets it turns pitch black. The only dreams on this field are of the homeless people, curled up between the cold stones.
Admission is free through the opening in the chain link fence.
Lock No. 4 was dug up on the North Side in 1987 during construction of I-279 North. Archaeologists carefully excavated and tagged over 200 huge cut stones, a wooden gate, ironwork, wood planking and foundation timbers. They hoped to reconstruct the lock somewhere along the river for the public to visit. The Pennsylvania Canal generated as much excitement as today's stadiums. We ought to find a way to save the canal in modern memory.