The new 4-acre Downtown park Arts Landing was given a blockbuster welcome on April 17, 2026, when local and state dignitaries including Governor Josh Shapiro attended a ribbon-cutting ceremony, a week before thousands of football fans invade Pittsburgh for the NFL Draft.
The creation of Arts Landing is progressing on time and on budget, reports the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, which has revealed “a bold and distinctively-Pittsburgh lineup of public artworks,” by artists including Thaddeus Mosley and vanessa german, to debut when the Downtown civic space opens in April of 2026.
