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Background
The public realms of our time demand the attention of artists, scientists and citizens. One hundred years ago, industry captured the waterfronts of the Pittsburgh region, homogenizing its forms and privatizing its uses. Today, abandoned post-industrial waterfronts stand ready for transformation. These sites are a mix of recovering nature, toxic soils, and dilapidated infrastructure. Our abandoned waterfronts provide Pittsburgh with a spatial impetus for change, a social-space of opportunity within capitalist culture. We are at a historic turning point: those who take the time to have their voices heard will define the future of our rivers and waterfronts. 3 Rivers 2nd Nature works to inform and enable the voices of the community. 
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 "The public realm is commonly defined in opposition to the private realm of the market and civil society."
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