SOTTILE PARK

Amtrak / Transportation / Art & College Center plus Conti Federal Bldg

Welcome To Sottile Park
Sottile Park -- A Pittsfield Public Pedestrian Park For Everyone To Enjoy
Anthony W. Sottile - Longtime City Auditor / Civic Leader / Family Man Remembered
1982 Initial Plans For Pedestrian Parks On North @ Eagle & Columbus Offering Location & Convenience
1985 Ribbon-cutting Dedication of Sottile Park
2014 Update The Parks On North @ Eagle & Columbus The Heart Of Upstreet
The Sottile Park Volunteers - "It Takes A Village Of People To Make A Community"
Historic Corners of North @ Eagle & Columbus / Theodore Roosevelt & Train Depot
Historic New American Hotel -- North @ Eagle & Columbus
Historic Park's Past Included Bulletin Board & Bridge Lunch
WEBSITE TERMS OF USE

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All Aboard!

CLICK HERE to read about AMTRAK'S Lake Shore Limited (Chicago to Boston with Spur down to New York City at Albany) which stops in Pittsfield every afternoon around 4:00 - 5:00 p.m.

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CSX lwered the rail-bed about 3.5 feet to accommdate "double deckers" - less $$ than raising bridge

Seeing trains waiting  below  Sottile Park is not uncommon.
The "double tracked " railway  becomes a single track shortly
after heading west.  Thus, trains need to wait.
 

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Amtrak passing through freight train held on a siding.

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Sottile Park
In The Heart of Upstreet
In The True Heart of the Berkshires 

 
   

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