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The Frick Park Clay Courts are in the process of replacing the court fence and expanding the viewing area. The historic Frick Park clay courts will have new black clad tennis
fencing for the 2010 Red Clay Season, which will include transforming the shady
Court 6 at the back end of the courts into an new Exhibition Court with viewing bleachers on the side.
This is a
Pittsburgh Parks and Recreation project funded by the Allegheny
Regional Asset District (ARAD) - and the contractor is Allegheny Fence
of Hazelwood. All modifications, including the new Exhibition Court, and new entrance and service gates were
proposed by the Frick Park Clay Court Tennis Club.
View a photo diary of the fence being built here - Great work by Allegheny Fence!.
The dramatic improvement is a new viewing area behind a low fence at the far end of the court away from Braddock Ave. The design also adds two new player gates, in additional to the central gate, so that during tournaments players can get to their court without walking behind another court; and two additional service gates at far end to access the viewing area and back courts.
Sketch of new design (S. Hirtle, Dec 9, 2009)
The new fence is up; Awaiting installation of new gates.
New fence along the southern side (Photo by S. Hirtle, Dec 18, 2009)
New spectator area (Photo by S. Hirtle, Dec 18, 2009)
New spectator area (Photo by S. Hirtle, Dec 18, 2009)
New entrance to Court 6 (Photo by S. Hirtle, Dec 18, 2009)
Construction of the new fence is detailed in the photos below.
 
The posts are going up along the south side with new gate between Courts 1 and 2
(Photo by S. Hirtle, Dec 15, 2009)
 
Construction of the new exhibition area on the west side (Photo by S. Hirtle, Dec 15, 2009)
Reserve your courtside seats for 2010! (Photo by S. Hirtle, Dec 15, 2009)
 
Careful work around the old and new (Photo by S. Hirtle, Dec 15, 2009)
Despite temperatures in the 20's and snow flurries, the fence on the north side is completed
(Photo by S. Hirtle, Dec 10, 2009)
The new posts are going up along the north side (Photo by S. Hirtle, Dec 9, 2009)
The new posts are going up along the north side (Photo by S. Hirtle, Dec 9, 2009)
Old fence is down (Photo by S. Hirtle, Dec 5, 2009)
The last remaining hardware on the old rusted central players gate (Photo by S. Hirtle, Dec 5, 2009)
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