Renovated Basketball Court To Open On Larimer Avenue
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) -- Mayor Bill Peduto joined community leaders to open a renovated basketball court in Larimer.
The court is on Larimer Avenue at Shetland Street and is named Costa Court after the family who lived and operated a grocery store nearby.
"We made a commitment to get this park done," Mayor Peduto said.
WATCH: Ribbon-cutting on the new basketball court in Larimer.
Representative Ed Gainey participated in the ribbon-cutting.
Mayor Peduto said the city also has plans to reinvest in the area around the court.
Cutting the ribbon on a beautiful new basketball court in Larimer. pic.twitter.com/top0DCvAyX
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"What you're seeing is an opportunity to redevelop this whole area," one community leader said.