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Fox Chapel council voted to rename Squaw Run Road and Squaw Run East, to remove the slur “Squaw” from place names in the borough.
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In a nod to the borough’s early years, Fox Chapel council voted on Monday night to rename Squaw Run Road to Hemlock Hollow Road, bringing an end to a nine-month conflict on how to remove the slur “Squaw” from place names.
The change to one of the borough’s most heavily traveled roads will be effective by May 1. Council noted that Hollow was the original name of the windy wooded road.
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The Fox Chapel Parks Conservancy will host a spring lantern forest walk on March 20 at Riding Meadow Park. Donations will benefit park improvements.
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The public is encouraged to put on their hiking boots and hit the trail at Riding Meadow Park in Fox Chapel for a good cause.
The Fox Chapel Parks Conservancy is hosting a spring lantern forest walk at sundown on March 20, the first day of spring.
Lanterns will illuminate a wooded path that winds through the green space while participants reflect on the value of natural spaces and the important role the outdoors has played in this pandemic year, Conservancy Co-Founder Mandy Steele said.
Tony LaRussa | Tribune-Review
Some Fox Chapel residents will get a new street name this spring after council changes the name of Squaw Run Road and Squaw Run East.
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Fox Chapel residents who live along some private lanes in the borough will be getting new street names this spring.
Council’s move to rename Squaw Run and Squaw Run East will affect about 10 properties, in addition to those housed on the Heinz Estate.
“Much of Squaw Run and Squaw Run East are little side streets with clusters of homes, so in addition to removing the slur, we are also giving the side streets their own road names,” Councilperson Mandy Steele said.
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Fox Chapel is working to remove the word squaw from public roads because it is a slur for women of Native American descent. Residents who are impacted by the change will be compensated.
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Fox Chapel residents who are impacted by the impending name change of Squaw Run Road and Squaw Run East will get $250 from borough tax dollars to offset costs and compensate them for inconveniences.
Council on Jan. 18 approved the stipend, saying anyone who can prove financial hardship will be eligible for an extra $250. Councilperson Thomas Karet abstained.
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McCahill Park in Fox Chapel was transformed by flickering lanterns during a winter festival hosted by the borough’s new parks conservancy on Jan. 8.
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A glittering field of more than 500 lanterns sent a simple but solid message by the new Fox Chapel Parks Conservancy trying to raise awareness of the borough’s vast green space.
“These are the community’s parks,” Councilwoman and Conservancy co-founder Mandy Steele said of the Jan. 8 event at McCahill Park. “They belong to all of us.”