Diamond Beach Marina is a boat house community, a gathering space, and safe space in general for rest and recreation. It occupies a small portion of the south bank of the Allegheny River in Pittsburgh, Pa as it winds its way towards the Ohio river and then on to the Mississippi. We are surrounded on alt snake through the valley and cinch us to the water, highland park dam about a half mile down river, and the cities water treatment plant across the river. Still, the marina and its immediate surroundings still have a large area of undeveloped shore land, so they  are a great place for listening to the many birds that make their home here, the beavers, the groundhogs and squirrels, the water itself and the hum of life below surface, in conjunction with the human chatter.