Esplanade developers face challenges building on brownfield

Name: Esplanade developers face challenges building on brownfield
Uploaded: 2025-04-22T17:49:00-0400
Duration: 4 min 33 s
Description: With an industrial history like Pittsburgh's, it can be a challenge to build for the future. The riverfront site of the proposed Esplanade on the North Side is a brownfield — a piece of land contaminated by former industry. An expert told KDKA-TV's Ray Petelin that it's better to get the contamination out than leave it there.

With an industrial history like Pittsburgh's, it can be a challenge to build for the future. The riverfront site of the proposed Esplanade on the North Side is a brownfield — a piece of land contaminated by former industry. An expert told KDKA-TV's Ray Petelin that it's better to get the contamination out than leave it there.