Hundreds Gather At Blue Slide Park For Mac
Some attending the vigil signed a petition to change the name of the playground to Mac Miller Blue Slide Park. Miller’s grandmother, Marcia Weiss, gave a speech thanking the large crowd for. Jan 11, 2017 This video is unavailable. Watch Queue Queue.
As the hip-hop community continues to grieve following the on Friday, Pittsburgh's Nightfall Records will bring the rapper's fans together Tuesday with an art-filled at the city's Blue Slide Park starting at 5 p.m. The blue slide playground inside Frick Park inspired the Pittsburgh native when crafting his acclaimed 2011 debut album titled Blue Slide Park. 'We would like to bring the city together in full force for this legendary icon,' reads the 'Mac deserves to be sent off with an evening of celebrating his life, discussing his struggles, and remembering his stories; most importantly for his iconic work that brought joy into the lives of everybody who listened. We are welcoming all artists to come and paint, create, draw, live tribute art for this event.' Many artists have, including, and more.
'I just wanna say: I love you, Mac, and I just want to tell you that I love you and this song is for him because I feel like sometimes he wanted to let go,' Gambino told his crowd on Saturday night.
Candles and flowers placed for Mac Miller. (Current photo by Jake Mysliwczyk) The love Mac Miller showed for Pittsburgh, throughout his career, was undeniable. He wrote songs and named records after life in his hometown. At a September 11 vigil at Squirrel Hill’s Blue Slide Park (for which his first full-length record was named), it was abundantly clear just how much Pittsburgh loved him back. As I approached the park from Nicholson Street around 7 p.m., I heard Mac’s music blasting from a sound tent set up close to the top of the famous slide.
Thousands of people, mostly younger people, packed the playground and surrounding areas on the western side of Frick Park. Tributes of flowers, candles, stuffed animals, and handmade posters lined the fence alongside the slide. Less typical offerings included Pittsburgh sports memorabilia, shoes and sweaters inscribed with lyrics and “Rest In Peace” messages and even a pack of Eat-N-Park Smiley cookies.
Fans took turns posing for photos at the bottom of the slide. Mac Miller sign hangs on fence (Current photo by Jake Mysliwczyk) Large portraits of Miller were displayed throughout the park, several were created on the spot during the vigil. The “Most Dope” symbol (from his 2013 MTV docu-series, “Mac Miller and the Most Dope Family”) and the cartoon diver from his Swimming tour poster showed up in much of the artwork as well. These shout-outs to various accomplishments and albums spoke to just how much Miller had achieved in the seven years since “Blue Slide Park” was released. A table was set up with a petition to rename this portion of the park in Miller’s honor, which had several full pages of signatures. A sweater that read “Thank You Mac Miller, With Love” was also laid out on this table, overflowing with Sharpied signatures.
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Another table featured pens, notepads, and a glass jar stuffed with folded notes, messages from fans who needed to express their love and their grief. Where exactly the jar would end up was unclear. But on a personal level, physically writing a message and adding it to so many others was comforting in its own way. The crowd was densest directly in front of the sound tent, where Mac’s grandmother had spoken briefly earlier in the evening. Twenty or so fans had taken over the climbing structure next to the tent, towering over the rest of the group and periodically amping them up to sing along.
Some had even scaled the surrounding trees for a better vantage point. Whenever the DJ’s cut the music, a resounding chorus of voices filled in the lyrics. Any mention of Pittsburgh was met with enthusiastic cheers. And as night fell, dozens more candles were lit throughout the crowd, providing a striking, reverent ambience. The Mac Miller lyric I saw referenced more than any other in the beautiful outpouring of tributes was, “No matter where life takes me, find me with a smile.” This proved to be particularly fitting.
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Despite the somber reason for the gathering, it was an evening of consolation, laughter, and passionate crowd sing-alongs. It was genuinely moving to see just how much Miller meant to this city, to see even a fraction of the many people whose lives he touched by pursuing his dreams with authenticity and determination. It was a celebration of Mac Miller, of Malcolm James McCormick, of his all-too-short, extraordinary life.
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