#BLUE SLIDE PARK PITTSBURGH MAC MILLER FULL#

“We use an AQUAPON epoxy because that gives the child or adult - because adults use the slide, too - the ability to slide down it,” said Mike Gable, director of Pittsburgh’s Department of Public Works. We are all grieving Mac Miller, and we all want to celebrate his life.Tweet from slide will be repainted in the coming weeks with the special epoxy that is both blue in color and which acts like a sealant and lubricant. These are my people, and they understand. “There is nowhere else I would want to be this weekend. “I will really, really had to be here,” Brady said. “We were going to do it, but the city took care of it.”īlue Slide got a lot of rides this year, gave it a beautiful new fresh coat /mk1gOjHhvfĪdam Brady came more than 4,000 miles from London. “I contacted the mayor’s office and his assistant James Hill said they would put a fresh coat of paint on the slide,” DiMartini said.

“Anything can happen at any time, so you need to live your life to the fullest every day,” Lee said.

#BLUE SLIDE PARK PITTSBURGH MAC MILLER FULL#

“We stopped at the Frick Park Market where Mac always stopped when he was in town, and they recalled his favorite sandwich and how even though he made millions, he would tell them, ‘Put that bill on my mom’s tab.’ That was Mac.”ĭiMartini said people are encouraged to donate to Miller’s foundation – The Mac Miller Fund via the Pittsburgh Foundation - to help carry on Miller’s legacy of assisting young musicians to realize their full potential through exploration, expression and community. “It’s about sharing stories,” Lauzon said. The day will be about music and friendships made because of Miller, Lauzon said. Miller, who grew up in Point Breeze, named his 2011 debut studio album “Blue Slide Park.” The spot was chosen because it was the first place fans gathered when they heard about the rapper’s death. Fans can win a framed print of the star, which will be raffled off by a local Pittsburgh artist. The plan is to open the afternoon with Miller’s song “100 Grandkids” and end with “Best Day Ever.” Some folks are bringing food.

Mac always said music is a beautiful thing.” “We all wanted a way to come together and remember our friend,” said DiMartini, who met Miller at a concert and has a cherished photo with the rapper. The City of Pittsburgh said via Twitter that another organization had already applied for and received a special events permit Saturday for an event there for children. They understand about having to change the date, they said Thursday, standing by the slide. Lauzon and Lee traveled to Pittsburgh last year on what was to be a Miller concert in November and returned for this event. What started as three fans has grown to 70,000 followers on social media. The three met via social media as fans of Miller’s. Friday’s event was organized by The Mac Miller Memoir, started by the trio of Marc Andre Lauzon and Cody Lee, both of Montreal, Canada, and Zach DiMartini of Shaler. The date was changed from Saturday because another group had reserved the space. A Los Angeles man was arrested Wednesday on charges that he sold counterfeit opioid pills to Miller two days before he died of an overdose, according to the Associated Press. He was pronounced dead a short time later. Malcolm James McCormick, known to his fans as Mac Miller, was found unresponsive in his Los Angeles home shortly before noon on Sept. Friday at Blue Slide Park playground in Frick Park. It’s ready for the Friday memorial for late rapper Mac Miller as the one-year anniversary of his death approaches.įans will share stories and the music of the Pittsburgh rapper from 4 to 9 p.m. There is a fresh coat of paint on the Blue Slide in Frick Park.

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